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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.

Connie convinced Art that the land with the cabin offered them a perfect weekend place “that beats camping” to get away from their work lives in Milwaukee.
The land is the north end of Barron Island, which it shares with Pettibone Park, 65 acres purchased by Adolph Gundersen from A. W. Pettibone and where, in 1918, Gundersen…
Conservancy Stories
News Releases
The Twining Farm, a 345-acre historic homestead property along the west bank of Kickapoo River, just south of Gays Mills, Wisconsin, is now permanently conserved for the sake of the…
Conservancy Stories
We are thrilled to report on all the great restoration work done by For The Wild volunteers in the past two weeks at New Amsterdam Grasslands, a fabulous nature preserve…
Climate Change
Conservancy Stories
News Releases
Mississippi Valley Conservancy closed on the purchase of a 17-acre property adjacent to the 8,600-acre Kickapoo Valley Reserve (KVR) from a private landowner with funds provided by several partner organizations.
Conservancy Stories
News Releases
Mississippi Valley Conservancy announces that it has received a grant from the Crawford County Community Funds Fall 2022 Grant Cycle of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support…
Climate Change
As a visitor to Rod Ofte’s 400-plus acres of Willow Creek Ranch, it is easy to idealize what greets the eye.
Outdoor Life
There are many sources of lead that are affecting wildlife. These include lead sinkers that fishers use and lead shot and bullets that hunters and trap shooters use.
Climate Change
No other species in the Driftless region of Wisconsin, perhaps all of the US is such a prolific, industrious, and large-scale builder as the beaver.
Climate Change
Pioneers in climate adaptation – that’s how Amy Staffen described the team assembled by Mississippi Valley Conservancy (MVC) to develop a management strategy for the 1,600-acre Plum Creek Conservation Area…
Today, with their spouses, Ann Grunwald and Forrest Carlson, Mark and Leigh have each signed conservation agreements that protect a total of 109 contiguous acres.
Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a relatively rare invasive plant that is quickly expanding in various parts of Crawford County. The purpose of this article is to encourage landowners to…
Hikes
Sightings
The "Driftless Area" is generally known for its ancient geological landscape that was spared from the deposit of debris left behind by glaciers of the ice ages. The boundaries of…
Climate Change
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took a step backward from progress on fighting climate change with the approval of another summer’s use of 15 percent (E-15) ethanol blend in gasoline…
What’s Cooking?
The star of this pesto is the garlic plant’s underappreciated second offering: the fleeting garlic scape. The ingredients are straightforward except for the substitution of sunflower seeds for pine nuts…