What it does
The northwoods land trust permanently conserves natural shorelands, woodlands and other natural resources to benefit present and future generations in vilas, oneida, forest, florence, iron, price and langlade counties.
Conservation education - the land trust educates lake, river and woodland owners on voluntary conservation options. Three landowner newsletters, press releases, radio and television interviews and presentations to conservation organizations were prepared and conducted as part of the education program. A new, part-time staff person focused on outreach was added.
Landowner conservation technical assistance - the land trust provides technical assistance to private property owners in the service territory. The land trust conducts on site meetings, conservation planning, and assessment of individual properties. The land trust prepares gis maps of qualifying lake and flowage parcels and other properties within the service territory.
Conservation land and easements - the land trust prepares baseline documentation and easement language for conservation easements and conservation land transactions. Five new conservation easement donations and three new fee land donations were received.