Update

2019 Annual Gathering Weekend Tickets On Sale Now

August 7, 2019

The Door County Land Trust invites you to the Annual Gathering Weekend

August 17-18, 2019

Please call our office to purchase tickets! 920-746-1359

The Power of Discovery

You are invited to celebrate the conservation

successes we have accomplished…together!

Go beyond the Door and discover something new! Every Land Trust acre has a story, filled with songs from spring peepers, tales from towering hemlocks, and rhythmic wing-beats from powerful pollinators. Executive Director Tom Clay and guest speakers will share the stories of preserving our peninsula’s natural lands and protecting this place for the plethora of life thriving on our healthy lands and waters.

Guest speakers, Eva Lewandowski, WI-DNR Citizen Monitoring Coordinator, and Dan Collins, conservation easement landowner and native landscape architect, share the power of discovery in the field, in our own back yard—and beyond the Door.

Tickets are $40 each for adults. $12 each for children ages 5-12. Children under age 5, no charge. Register for the Annual Gathering before Noon on Friday, August 13!

Conservation Easement Land Tours August 17 - 18 • 9:00 am - 11:00 am, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Multiple Locations Free • Open to the public • Registration Required

Saturday August 17

Schultz Easement Hosts: Craig and Sandy Schultz • Carlsville • 9:00 am – 11:00 am Enjoy a hike on this 12 acre conservation easement in the beautiful hardwood and conifer forest of Governor Woods in the Land Trust’s Woods at Monument Point Project Area.

Aten-Collins Easement Hosts: Nancy Aten and Dan Collins • Carlsville • 9:00 am – 11:00 am We’ll hike through a beautiful cedar wet mesic forest along trails and boardwalks over vernal wetlands and a beautiful pond on this 122 acres conservation easement in the Bayshore Blufflands Preserve Project Area.

Bladholm Easement Hosts: John and Ann Bladhom • Clay Banks • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm We’ll hike through this beautiful 35 acre property’s cedar forest and wetlands located along the Clay Banks Creek in Southern Door County.

Miller Easement Hosts: Ed and Sandy Miller • Baileys Harbor • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Explore this 110 acre property’s beautiful upland meadows and dense hardwood and boreal forests adjacent to the Mud Lake State Natural Area.

Fortin-Samida Easement Hosts: Guy Fortin and Judy Samida • Carlsville • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Come discover this beautiful 5 acre property on the Niagara escarpment and take a tour of the landowner’s renewable energy home and learn how this conservation easement helped us establish the Bayshore Blufflands Preserve in Carlsville.

Sunday August 18

Bjorklunden Easement Hosts: Lawrence University • Baileys Harbor • 9:30 am – 11:30 am Come hike this stunning 305 acre property revered for its 2,500 feet of Lake Michigan shoreline, boreal forest and beautiful upland meadows which provide important migratory and nesting bird habitat in the Kangaroo Lake Ecological corridor.

Pikas Easement Hosts: Joan and Bruce Pikas • Mink River • 9:30 am – 11:30 am Hike the lovely trails on this 37 acre aspen, pine upland forest and white cedar swamp near the Mink River State Natural Area.

Annual Gathering Celebration August 18 • 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm • Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N First Ave, Sturgeon Bay $40 • Open to the public • Registration Required

Custom brew by Starboard Brewery: Honeysuckle Belgian Pale Ale

Evening Program

4:00 pm • Social Art Raffle • Refreshments • Live Music Featured Artists: Peter Ciesla • Dan Eggert • Liz Maltman • Jim Perry Marie Rakoczy • Thor Thoreson • and more…

4:45 pm • Dinner and Dessert Buffets Open

5:30 pm • Program Welcome • Donna DeNardo, President of Door County Land Trust Conservation and Community • Tom Clay, Executive Director The Power of Discovery • Eva Lewandowski, WI-DNR Discovery through Curiosity • Dan Collins, Ecological Restorationist Recognitions and Closing • Cinnamon Rossman, Development Director Art Lottery Drawing • Mary Van Dyke, Communications Coordinator