Land Trusts purchase property or conservation easements to protect that land from development. The trust may hold and manage the property or it may choose to transfer it to another organization such as The Nature Conservancy or Ducks Unlimited to own and manage. Land trusts may also choose to transfer ownership and management rights to a governmental unit like the National Fish and Wildlife Service, state Department of Natural Resources, or county park system.
The sporting group Ducks Unlimited has a national land trust called Wetlands America Trust that protects migratory bird habitat.
| Name |
Main Office Location |
| Baraboo Range Preservation Association, Inc. |
Baraboo, WI |
| Caledonia Conservancy – An Accredited Land Trust |
Racine, WI |
| Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation |
West Bend, WI |
| Chippewa County Land Conservancy |
Chippewa Falls, WI |
| Couderay Waters Regional Land Trust |
Hayward, WI |
| Deer Lake Conservancy |
Saint Croix Falls, WI |
| Door County Land Trust |
Sturgeon Bay, WI |
| Driftless Area Land Conservancy |
Dodgeville, WI |
| Drumlin Area Land Trust |
Fort Atkinson, WI |
| Friends of the Madison School Forest |
Madison, WI |
| Gathering Waters: Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts |
Madison, WI |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy |
Fontana, WI |
| Glacial Lakes Conservancy |
Sheboygan, WI |
| Green Lake Conservancy |
Green Lake, WI |
| Ice Age Trail Alliance |
Cross Plains, WI |
| Kettle Moraine Land Trust |
Elkhorn, WI |
| Kinnickinnic River Land Trust – An Accredited Land Trust |
River Falls, WI |
| Landmark Conservancy, Inc. |
Menomonie, WI |
| Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve |
La Pointe, WI |
| Madison Audubon Society |
Madison, WI |
| Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy |
Milwaukee, WI |
| Minnesota Land Trust |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Mississippi Valley Conservancy |
La Crosse, WI |
| Natural Heritage Land Trust |
Madison, WI |
| Natural Land Institute |
Rockford, IL |
| North Central Conservancy Trust |
Stevens Point, WI |
| Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust |
Appleton, WI |
| Northwoods Land Trust, Inc. – An Accredited Land Trust |
Eagle River, WI |
| Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, Inc. – An Accredited Land Trust |
West Bend, WI |
| Seno K/RLT Conservancy |
Burlington, WI |
| Southern Wisconsin Land Conservancy |
Broadhead, WI |
| Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy |
Osceola, WI |
| Star Prairie Land Preservation Trust |
Star Prairie, WI |
| Tall Pines Conservancy – An Accredited Land Trust |
Nashotah, WI |
| The Prairie Enthusiasts |
Viroqua, WI |
| Waukesha County Land Conservancy |
Brookfield, WI |
| West Wisconsin Land Trust – An Accredited Land Trust |
Menomonie, WI |
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