Wild Reads

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Wild Reads is where we share stories about and from partners, landowners, and friends throughout the conservation community. Let us know if you have a story, book review, poem, or photos to share. We don't promise to publish everything we receive, but we'd love to know what you're reading, writing, and what you think is worth sharing.

Conservancy Stories
News Releases
READSTOWN, WI – Land ownership offers many learning opportunities, and that was certainly the case for Bruce Harvey when he and his wife chose to purchase a 97-acre property in…
Participants at the fourth in the ‘Conservation on Tap’ series of educational events, sponsored by Valley Stewardship Network (VSN), were treated to Dr. Melinda Knutson’s explanation of why the Driftless…
Conservancy Stories
Sometimes habitat restoration can feel like two steps forward and one step back. Or even one step forward and two steps back. An annual plan can make all the difference…
Conservancy Stories
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SPARTA, WI – Almost 190 species of birds have been seen from or have used the wooded ridges and draws of a 101-acre property in Monroe County in the last…
Conservancy Stories
Werner and Diane Haas have been recognized for their conservation achievements with the 2018 Jackson County Conservation Farmer Award and the accompanying Warren H. and Ethel M. Printz Conservation Award…
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HANEY, WI – A new conservation agreement with Mississippi Valley Conservancy will protect an additional 48 acres of private land in Crawford County’s Town of Haney. The landowner, an avid…
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ROMANCE, WI – A conservation agreement between local landowners and land trust Mississippi Valley Conservancy will protect 170 acres of scenic wooded bluffs and native prairie overlooking the Bad Axe…
This story was published by the Vernon County Broadcaster. Click to view.
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AIR TRAVELERS CAN NOW HELP PROTECT LAND AND WATER AS THEY LINE UP FOR AIRPORT SECURITY CHECK Mississippi Valley Conservancy offers a new use for pocket change LA CROSSE, WI…
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LAND DONATION EXPANDS HABITAT PROTECTION ADJACENT TO PERROT STATE PARK Mississippi Valley Conservancy receives gift of land in one of its priority land protection areas TREMPEALEAU, WI – When Lois…
In the News
Enjoy a day in the life of our land protection staff as published in this story from Big River Magazine. Click the blue button below to view the story.
Dear friends and colleagues, In my last story I described a visit to the Arboretum at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, which Aldo Leopold helped establish as a laboratory…
Conservancy Stories
In the News
How Cassville Bluffs SNA fits into a larger ecological restoration.
Mississippi Valley Conservancy Protects More Than 20,000 Acres as a Result
Conservancy Stories
Monarch butterflies are declining in number. According to the University of Minnesota’s Monarch Joint Venture, the monarch migration was listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an…