"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
That's one reason why there are so many different organizations involved in some aspect
of environment or conservation or outdoors preservation. Each organzation has a niche.
The Sierra Club is pleased to introduce land trusts as a good way to help preserve
the land. Please check the links below for more information.
Directors from the Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust presented an excellent program to
our group at our 02/10/00 meeting.
A land trust is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of
natural resources. Land trusts develop partnerships with landowners and citizens of the
community to achieve mutual goals in preservation of land and natural resources.
Land trusts use a variety of options to achieve conservation goals while accommodating
the wishes of the landowner and the needs of the community. Working through land trusts
offers tax benefits that help land owners keep land in the family.
Purpose: To preserve and restore the natural heritage of northeast Wisconsin lands
and waters through partnerships in land conservation and resource management. Area of operation: 20 county area that includes the Fox, Wolf, Peshtigo, and
Oconto Rivers watersheds. Main land types: Watersheds/water quality, wetlands, river corridors, lakes,
rare species habitat. Main protection methods: Accept conservation easement donations.
Gathering Waters is the umbrella organization that oversees all Wisconsin land trusts.
Visit their website to learn more about
the land trusts in Wisconsin.
Land Trust Alliance is the national umbrella organization for land trusts.
Visit their website to learn more about
the land trusts.
The largest and best known land trust.
With more than 1 million members, The Nature Conservancy is the world's leading
private conservation group. Over the past half-century, they have helped protect
more than 11 million acres of vital habitat in the United States and nearly
60 million acres in Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific.
They currently manage 1,340 preserves, the largest system of private nature
sanctuaries in the world.
