Tag Archives: Door County Land Trust
DCLT Announces Formal Dedication of Harold C. Wilson Three Springs Nature Preserve, July 23
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
On Friday, July 23 from 3:30 – 5 pm the Door County Land Trust is hosting a celebration and preserve dedication of the new Harold C. Wilson Three Springs Nature Preserve.
The Door County Land Trust purchased 421 acres just east of Sister Bay in the fall of 2008 permanently protecting the largest undeveloped tract [...]
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Door County Festival of Nature’s 50 Field Trips, Birdwatching, Hikes and Canoe Trips Opens With “The Niagara Escarpment: Its Natural History and Preservation”
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
“Door County Festival of Nature” celebrates the natural features of the Peninsula.
Door County’s unique natural communities and features – including the Niagara Escarpment, the bedrock foundation of the Peninsula – are the focus of the eighth annual Door County Festival of Nature. The Festival begins with a special keynote presentation, open to the public, [...]
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Door County Land Trust Expands Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
A key land parcel is added to the Door County Land Trust’s Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve.
The property is located at the base of the Niagara Escarpment approximately 10 miles north of Sturgeon Bay just inland of the shores of Green Bay. It is surrounded on the north, east and west by lands already protected [...]
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Door County Land Trust’s Big Read Event Features Local Writers, Feb 4
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
Local Door County writers will gather to read passages from their own works interspersed with those of Willa Cather, author of this year’s Big Read selection, My Antonia on Thursday, February 4 in Sister Bay.
From the Door Peninsula to the Nebraska Plains: Passages that Honor our Sense of Place is sponsored by the Door County [...]
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Door County Land Trust Nears Completion on Purchase of 332-acre Ship Canal Property, Seeking Community Support for Final Funds
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
Learn more about the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Project by downloading the Sturgeon Bay Canal Nature Preserve Information Sheet (1 mb).
The Door County Land Trust announced today that it has raised 90% of the dollars needed from private donors to purchase and permanently preserve what is known locally as the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal [...]
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Door County Land Trust’s Annual Membership Gathering Draws a Crowd
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
Over 400 Door County Land Trust supporters gathered Sunday evening, August 9, 2009 in the fields of Ed and Sandy Miller’s 110-acre property north of Baileys Harbor to celebrate the organization’s land protection successes of the past year.
The Door County Land Trust’s 11th Annual Membership Gathering began with hikes through the fields and forests of [...]
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City of Sturgeon Bay Endorses Plan to Establish Nature Preserve along Lake Michigan and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Posted on 04. Aug, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
Door County Land Trust Launches Campaign to Fund Project
The efforts to establish a 332-acre nature preserve along the shores of Lake Michigan and the Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal received a boost Tuesday night when the Sturgeon Bay City Council gave the owners of the property, the Sturgeon Bay Utilities, the go ahead to [...]
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Door County Land Trust Announces Major Land Purchases
Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by Staff Reporter.
Governor to Present Two State Grants for the Preservation of over 500 acres of Land in Door County
CLAYBANKS, WI – Today, Governor Jim Doyle is announcing the award of Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund grants totaling almost $2 million for use in the Door County Land Trust’s purchase of two properties in Door County including the [...]








