Door County Land Trust
Urgent Advocacy Needed: Conservation Funding at Risk in Wisconsin
Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program: Learn the FAQs This is bigger than Door County. This call for advocacy goes out to all Wisconsinites, and all who visit and enjoy the natural splendor of Wisconsin. While troubling news appears everywhere, we are distracted from the potential disaster occurring right under our noses: the loss of a long-standing…
Join the Buzz!
Rusty patched bumble bee. Volunteer with the WI Bumble Bee Brigade! Help protect Wisconsin’s native bumble bees by becoming a community scientist with the Wisconsin Bumble Bee Brigade! The Bumble Bee Brigade (B3) is coordinated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and partners with volunteers from the public to conduct long-term monitoring of…
Becca’s Bluff Protected with Conservation Easement
Rebecca Barnard and niece on their annual “turkey feather hunt” on Barnard’s land. Door County’s forests may look wild, but beneath the canopy, a quiet imbalance is growing—driven by too many deer and too few predators. Native plants vanish under constant browsing pressure, threatening the future of forest regeneration and wildlife habitat. While some…
Land Trust Partners with Landowner to Preserve Escarpment
A view of the escarpment and Green Bay from Ellison Bluff County Park, which borders a recent property conserved with the Door County Land Trust through a conservation easement. Established in 1950, Door County Parks Board declared, “the limestone headlands, as they emerge out of the blue waters of Green Bay, are geologically one of…
Native Plant Giveaway Returns!
Bees collecting pollen from aster flowers Native Plant Giveaway Returns to Door County Land Trust Door County, WI –Door County Land Trust (DCLT) is pleased to invite the community to a tree and plant giveaway to be held at the Epicenter Building (217 N 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay) Saturday, May 17. The plant…
Join the 2025 Big Plant Native Tree & Plant Giveaway!
Native Plant and Tree Give-Away Aims to Improve Wildlife Habitat Throughout Door County The Big Plant, coordinated by the Climate Change Coalition of Door County, returns on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10 a.m. until the plants run out, with the Door County Land Trust’s native tree and plant giveaway—an opportunity to bring more pollinator-friendly…
A Quilt of Conservation
Nearly four decades ago, a group of visionary conservationists came together with a shared mission: to protect Door County’s exceptional lands and waters forever. Comprised of volunteers, Door County Land Trustees was incorporated alongside the donation of the first conservation easement in 1986. Today, their mission lives on. Just one week before Earth Day,…
Ellison Bay Landowner Helps Wildlife Thrive with Conservation Easement
Door County, WI – “Sometimes she knocks on my window, so I put a cob of corn outside for her,” said Carolyn Hitzeman, the landowner behind a recent conservation easement donation to the Door County Land Trust, referring to a lone turkey that occasionally visits her property. “There are many groups of turkeys that…
Earth Week Events Lineup!
Spring is an exciting time in Door County. After a long winter, pops of green begin to appear in the landscape. Birds return too, bringing along their birdsong to cheer us up. The lake ice has disappeared, opening to views of vast blueness. The community shakes off the restful energy of the “quiet season” and…
Ellison Bay Landowner Protects Additional Door County Landscape with Second Conservation Easement
A Commitment to Conservation Ellison Bay property owner Michael Schmitz has taken a significant step toward preserving Door County’s natural beauty by completing conservation easement agreements on three parcels with the Door County Land Trust. The first agreement, finalized at the end of 2023, ensures that a four-acre parcel containing 600 feet of undeveloped…
Door County Land Trust preserves and protected places
