Landowners who devote a lifetime to caring for their wildlife habitat or improving their soils and farmland may wonder how to ensure their efforts can extend beyond their lifetime. Join Abbie Church, Mississippi Valley Conservancy (MVC) Conservation Director, to learn about permanent land protection through conservation easements with local land trust MVC.
Abbie will cover the fact and fiction around easement requirements; touch on local land-use trends; discuss conservation-easement benefits to wildlife, water quality, and soil conservation; and cover what the easement enrollment process entails. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear from a local landowner, Tom Lukens, about his personal experience working with MVC to protect his land along the West Fork of the Kickapoo River.
Abbie Church’s diverse background brings 20+ years in natural resources conservation, having worked in the state, federal, private, and non-profit sectors. Early on, she realized her passion lies in working with private landowners to conserve wildlife habitat and farmland, and she joined the MVC team in 2007.
Abbie has been a Vernon County landowner since 2011. She and her partner Adam spend as much time outdoors on their land as they can. They keep busy with cutting firewood; gardening; hiking with dogs Hazelnut, Frank, and Sophie; and managing their land with prescribed burns, timber stand improvement, and endless invasive species control.
The Conservation on Tap presentation takes place Tuesday, February 4, at 6:00 pm, at The Historic Fortney, 100 N. Main St., Viroqua, WI. Conservation on Tap is a FREE presentation series by experts on various aspects of Driftless area ecology and conservation. The goal of the series is to increase knowledge, connection to, and awareness of current conservation efforts and research.
For more information, visit our website at www.valleystewardshipnetwork.org, email at info@valleystewardshipnetwork.org, or call 608-637-3615.
If you’ve missed previous Conservation on Tap presentations, check out former programs on our YouTube channel:Valley Stewardship Network YouTube Channel
For additional information email info@valleystewardshipnetwork.org, or call us at 608-637-3615.
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