Local Groups

Wisconsin

2013 | Engaging Landowners Workshops

Missouri Department of Conservation is leading landowner engagement workshops for federal/state/county/NGO staff in a five-state area.

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2014 | Mississippi Valley Conservancy, Kickapoo River Watershed

Multiple partners turned watershed data into action—engaging landowners, restoring habitat, and protecting over 14,000 acres in this Wisconsin watershed through sustainable, community-led conservation.

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2017 | Valley Stewardship Network, Kickapoo River Watershed

This project established Wisconsin’s first prairie STRIPS demonstration sites, reducing runoff and improving fish habitat while empowering farmers to lead conservation across 14 sites in the Kickapoo region.

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2018 | Tainter Creek Farmer Led Council

A collaborative effort between farmers, conservationists, and state agencies restored over a mile of Tainter Creek, reducing erosion, improving trout habitat, and inspiring community-led conservation across Wisconsin’s Driftless Area.

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2019 | Valley Stewardship Network, Tainter, West Fork, Bad Axe & Kickapoo Watersheds

New farmer-led watershed councils are forming across Southwest Wisconsin, empowering local land stewards to lead conservation efforts and improve water quality from the ground up.

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2020 | Monroe County Land Conservation Department

Farmers, landowners, Monroe County Land Conservation and Trout Unlimited are innovating to monitor effectiveness of streambank restoration practices before and after storms, to enhance floodplains, flow regimes and connectivity.

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2021 | Valley Stewardship Network, Kickapoo & Bad Axe Watersheds

Across Southwest Wisconsin, farmers and landowners are coming together to protect clean water, healthy soil, and thriving communities. Through farmer-led watershed councils, prairie plantings, and hands-on education, this growing movement is restoring the land—one field, one stream, and one conversation at a time.

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Working together locally for farms, streams and economic growth

In southwest Wisconsin, farming practices such as cover crops, contour strips and native grass strips help sustain recreational fishing that generates more than $1 billion annually for the local economy.

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Fishers & Farmers Partnership's Watershed Leadership Network workshops

Growing grassroots change: Farmer-led conservation is getting a little help from its friends

“A watershed group was worth a try,” said farmer Brian McCulloh, “so I attended meetings with an open mind. It helps when neighbors struggle with the same challenges, to do better.”

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