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Conservation Strategy - Conservation by Design

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Conservation Initiatives

The Nature Conservancy in Africa - Conservation in Africa

The Nature Conservancy in Asia Pacific - Conservation in Asia-Pacific

The Nature Conservancy in the Caribbean - Conservation in the Caribbean

The Nature Conservancy in Central America - Conservation in Central America

The Nature Conservancy in North America - Conservation in North America

The Nature Conservancy in the United States - Conservation in the United States

The Nature Conservancy in South America - Conservation in South America

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Back to the Wisconsin Forest Legacy page.

Learn more about the Conservancy's forest conservation strategies.

Download the Wsconsin Forest Legacy fact sheet (PDF, 496 KB).

Contact Us

Todd Holschbach
Director of Government Relations
tholschbach@tnc.org
(608) 316-6417

Casey Eggleston
Government Relations Coordinator
ceggleston@tnc.org
(608) 316-6412

 

 

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Federal Forest Legacy Program

Established in 1990 as part of the Farm Bill, the federal Forest Legacy Program works in partnership with states and private landowners to identify and protect ecologically important forests that are threatened by development.

The easements:

  • Are voluntary land protection agreements that restrict development while ensuring public access, sustainable timber management and wildlife habitat.
  • Keep forestlands working to produce wood and fiber to benefit state and local economies.
  • Keep the land in private hands and generating property taxes.

Since 2002, the federal Forest Legacy Program has helped protect more than 62,000 acres of forestland in the Baraboo Hills, Wild Rivers Legacy Forest, Wolf River basin and other parts of our Northwoods.

 

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Gerald H. Emmerich, Jr. (Lower Aimer Lake); Photo © Cate Harrington/TNC (cut logs).