One Thing Congress Agrees On: Land Conservation
Read the Land Trust Alliance Press Release here, dated February 17, 2012. Majorities of Republicans and Democrats – 300 Cosponsors – Urge House Passage of Conservation Tax Incentive WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressmen Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) announced today that 300 representatives have co-sponsored their bill to conserve America’s forests, agricultural lands and open spaces – more than any other tax bill. H.R. 1964 makes permanent a recently-expired tax incentive that allows modest-income landowners to receive significant tax deductions for donating conservation...
Read MoreNew Bella Terra Easement tops the 2011 List!
Ring in 2012 and help Glacial Lakes Conservancy members celebrate the new Bella Terra Conservation Easement in Sheboygan County. On December 27th, two committed landowners donated a conservation easement to protect their bella terra – beautiful land – along the Pigeon River to conserve the property’s woods, wetlands, waters and restored habitat of mixed native species and prairie. Following Mary Garton’s Bur Oak easement, this makes two projects that GLC has helped protect along the Pigeon River Corridor, about two miles apart. We THANK these landowners and YOU,...
Read MoreLand Trusts Conserve 10 Million U.S. Acres
PRESS RELEASE – First National Census of Land Trusts in Five Years: Big Gains in Voluntary Land Conservation Despite Recession Land Trusts Conserve 10 Million U.S. Acres, Outpace Major Government Land Acquisition Program. Kohler, Wisconsin – The first census of land trusts in five years found 10 million new acres conserved nationwide since 2005, including 119,960 acres here in Wisconsin. The National Land Trust Census, released by the Land Trust Alliance, shows that voluntarily protected land increased 27 percent between 2005 and 2010. In the same time period, the federal Land and...
Read MoreGrasshopper Hill Preserve success!
Great News! Because of supporters like you, we have great news. After many years of work, special donors, a grant, and some fantastic volunteers, Glacial Lakes Conservancy is pleased to announce that it has successfully acquired and established the 25-acre Grasshopper Hill Preserve! This issue of our newsletter, Landscapes Fall 2011, features this project. This Town of Rhine property represents our first project in Sheboygan County to own and manage. Our first in the region is the Wm. F. Christel Woods and Wetlands Preserve, a gift of land from the Holsens in the Village of Valders Since...
Read MoreGLC launches refreshed website
Glacial Lakes Conservancy land trust has just launched our refreshed website at www.glaciallakes.org! We have updated our website using a new template to give us a cleaner look and the tools to make changes to content right from our office. It provides a more dynamic way to deliver information about our nonprofit land trust to the community of northeast and east-central Wisconsin. With fresher content, more pages and faster navigation, we plan to provide more resources for the many private landowners who contact us about long-term protection of their property. Plus, for the first time...
Read MoreAnnouncing our Grasshopper Hill Preservation Project
Since 2006, Glacial Lakes Conservancy has been working to create a 25-acre nature preserve from a glacial remnant in the Town of Rhine, called Grasshopper Hill Preserve. The family members of Fischer Farm have longed to protect the Hill from subdivision and development so years ago, the dialog with Glacial Lakes began. Now, with most of the initial fundraising and willing sellers ready to go, the Grasshopper Hill Preserve looks close to becoming a reality! Read our newsletter, Landscapes Fall 2011 issue, which features this...
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