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338 acres of clean water, working farmland, and one of Green Bay's most important fish nurseries. Protected forever. Every dollar doubled, up to $500,000, while the match lasts.

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A great egret along a Door County shoreline

Protecting Door County's Wild Places

Since 1986, we've permanently protected 10,600+ acres of forests, wetlands, and shorelines.

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Callsen’s Conservation Easement: Preserving Beauty for the Generations to Come

Sep 8

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Honoring the Past, Protecting the Future: A 40th Anniversary Hike at Kangaroo Lake

Sep 24 · Kangaroo Lake Nature Preserve

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Hunting Season

Share the woods this fall

Where to hunt · tips for hikers

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For those who seek the wild

The Land

10,600+ acres, permanently protected.

15 nature preserves, open dawn to dusk. Forests where warblers nest. Shorelines where lake meets ancient rock. This is what remains, and it's yours to walk.

Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve

273 acres 2.5 miles

At 273 acres, this preserve offers sweeping views from atop the Niagara Escarpment with 2.5 miles of trails through varied terrain.

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Kangaroo Lake Nature Preserve

278 acres 1.5 miles

The preserve where it all began. Along Kangaroo Lake, the preserve protects a remarkable descent from an ancient glacial shoreline ridge down 130 feet to spring-fed Peil Creek and a boreal lakeshore teeming with wildlife.

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Oak Road Nature Preserve

155 acres 1.75 miles

This 155-acre preserve in a picturesque Carlsville valley protects an extensive vernal wetland so alive with spring peepers that neighbors can't sleep — plus an ongoing restoration of 100+ acres of former farmland to oak woodland and native prairie.

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For those who hold the land

The Work

Land conservation is a long game.

We protect land through conservation easements, donations, and strategic acquisitions.

If you own land in Door County, consider protecting your land forever by working with an organization that shares your land ethic.

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The People

You're not alone in caring about this place.

Hundreds of members. Saturday morning volunteers. Families protecting land for the next generation. A community that shows up. Support the mission to care for the best of Door County lands and waters.