A land donation of 3,200 acres, nearly five square miles, is saving a wilderness refuge in Wisconsin from being developed. This is the largest conservation easement donation ever to a Wisconsin land trust. According to the story “Libertyville couple donates $4.5 million of land in Wisconsin“, Ken Aldridge has loved the Northwoods of Wisconsin ever since [...]
This is the classic story of a well intentioned wildlife land donation and the hard facts of reality when government needs funds. Twenty-eight acres of aspen woodlands, ponds and wetlands in Stillwater goes on the auction block Thursday, according to the article, “DNR to auction 28 acres of former Jackson Wildlife Management Area in Stillwater“. Archibald and [...]
New housing poses a threat to private forests. Private Forests, Public Benefits, a new report by the USDA Forest Service, states that housing density will increase on more than 57 million acres of America’s private rural forests from 2000 to 2030. According to the report, in many areas the impacts of increased housing density are likely to be exacerbated [...]
