Door County Land Trust
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Barnard Family Preserves Five Generations of Legacy with Door County Land Trust Conservation Easements
William and Carl Barnard, photo by Carl Barnard DOOR COUNTY, WI —The Door County Land Trust is celebrating a milestone conservation effort that will preserve a piece of local history for years to come. The Barnard brothers, William and Carl, have taken a powerful step to protect their family’s cherished 120-acre property—a legacy that has been…
Read MoreNew Conservation Easement in Egg Harbor Protects Forest and More
The Door County Land Trust (DCLT) is excited to announce a newly protected property south of Egg Harbor. Landowners Michael and Ann Morgan donated a conservation easement agreement on their property, protecting it from future development and contributing to nearby protected lands within a unique area between the Niagara Escarpment and the Green Bay shoreline.…
Read MoreThree Springs Nature Preserve: A Native Forest for Breeding Birds
With pine needles underfoot, and silvery raindrops clinging to flat cedar needles and spider webs, the walk along the forested path of Three Springs Nature Preserve gains a soundtrack with the calls and trills of Pine Warblers, American Crows, and Purple Finch. Further exploration of the preserve demonstrates why there is an avian chorus: The…
Read MoreNow Streaming: Water Protection
Below the still surface of Door County’s landscape, under and through the bedrock, water moves rapidly—a mixture of rainwater, snow melt, and dissolved particles collected from life above. In many areas, both nutrients and pollutants find their way quickly into the county’s waterways—as well as Lake Michigan and Green Bay—at a rate that can overwhelm…
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