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Protecting land, water, and wildlife is a benefit to all who live in and visit Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. Every generation and community in our area will be more resilient with the clean water, fresh foods, education, recreation, and way of life that undeveloped natural spaces and farmlands provide. Sign up to receive Conservancy News and stay informed about land protection, environmental education, and outdoor recreation programs offered by Mississippi Valley Conservancy.

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A serene 33-acre property hidden among the pines along Halls Creek, north of Black River Falls, is now forever protected by a conservation easement.
Ten students from the University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Water Resources & Management program have embarked upon a research project within the Fancy Creek watershed in Richland…
Revegetation (the re-establishment of plant cover through seeding or planting) is almost always advantageous and often necessary to achieve temperate forest restoration goals following removal of invasive plants, such as…
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Aimee Ebersold Schultz knows a lot about the patience and hard work of healing. In 2010, she began her stewardship of an old farmhouse and 114 acres near Alma, Wisconsin…
With the purchase of nearly 200 acres along the Wisconsin River, the Conservancy has now protected more than 26,000 acres in the Driftless Area.
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Outdoor Life
On September 3, 2024, the Wisconsin DNR finalized the paperwork to purchase a streambank easement from Mississippi Valley Conservancy.
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Outdoor Life
In the last week of August, staff gathered with the Summer Intern Crew to hear about their learning adventure and thank them for all they did to build the climate…
After a few rigorous weeks of training, your two paid summer intern crews are now actively honing their habitat restoration skills on many of the public and private lands you’ve…
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There are places in the Driftless Area where life seemingly moves a little slower: days seem longer, the sounds of nature seem louder, the stars seem brighter, and sleep seems…
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The first restoration project consists of 11,200 trees that were planted across an 18.5-acre ridgetop field in May.
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Here's why we're planting so many oak trees. Let us know if you'd like to help out.
Connie convinced Art that the land with the cabin offered them a perfect weekend place “that beats camping” to get away from their work lives in Milwaukee.
The land is the north end of Barron Island, which it shares with Pettibone Park, 65 acres purchased by Adolph Gundersen from A. W. Pettibone and where, in 1918, Gundersen…
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The Twining Farm, a 345-acre historic homestead property along the west bank of Kickapoo River, just south of Gays Mills, Wisconsin, is now permanently conserved for the sake of the…
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We are thrilled to report on all the great restoration work done by For The Wild volunteers in the past two weeks at New Amsterdam Grasslands, a fabulous nature preserve…