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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Protecting Door County's Wild Places
Since 1986, we've permanently protected over 10,000 acres of forests, wetlands, and shorelines.
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For those who seek the wild
The Land
10,000 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.
Kangaroo Lake Nature Preserve
700 acres
1.5 miles
The preserve where it all began. Nearly 700 acres along Kangaroo Lake protect 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. Patient work—legal agreements, stewardship, relationships across generations.
If you own land in Door County, you hold something irreplaceable.
families protected their land
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For those who join the work
The People
You're not alone in caring about this place.
2,000+ members. Saturday morning volunteers. Families protecting land for the next generation. A community that shows up.
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Stories from the land
Seasonal updates, events, and news from the preserves.