The La Crosse Community Foundation made a $15,000 grant to Mississippi Valley Conservancy for the “Mysteries of the Driftless” documentary project that MVC is co-producing with Untamed Science (www.untamedscience.com/mysteries-driftless-zone). To view the news stories, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbY52ur0L5I or www.wxow.com/story/16095622/mvc and http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/community-foundation-grant-funds-driftless-documentary/article_b184e294-119f-11e1-84f1-001cc4c03286.html.

On November 22, 2011, MVC held a joint news conference with Dahl Automotive to celebrate MVC's successful fundraiser to acquire a pickup truck for doing ecological restoration and land management work. You can see the news story at www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9zsp4jH1dc or at www.wxow.com/story/16106042/mvc-truck