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The Wolf River Conservancy is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the Wolf River and its watershed as a sustainable natural resource.
In 1985, the Wolf River Conservancy was formed as a non-profit local land trust in order to be able to protect lands along the Wolf River as a public natural resource. A land trust is a nonprofit organization that, as all or part of its mission, actively works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in fee-land or conservation easement acquisition, or by its stewardship of such land or easements.
Land trusts work with landowners and the community to conserve land by accepting donations of land, purchasing land, negotiating private, voluntary conservation agreements on land, and stewarding conserved land through the generations to come.
In 2015, the Wolf River Conservancy became an accredited land trust by the Land Trust Alliance. Only 25% of land trusts are nationally accredited through the Land Trust Alliance (Click here for more info), which means the Conservancy meets the highest standards and practices for a land trust.
The Conservancy goes above and beyond the traditional roles of a land trust by also educating youth and the public, engaging the community through the Wolf River Greenway, and providing guided paddle trips.
