Explore how Knowles-Nelson funds have been invested in your community.

A signature achievement for preservation and sustainable forestry made possible by the largest Knowles-Nelson investment in history.

Stewardship grants critical to protection of nearly one-fourth of the land at The Nature Conservancy’s largest preserve in Wisconsin, Baxter’s Hollow.

The county has purchased more than 8,000 acres of forestland with support from Knowles-Nelson grants

A Knowles-Nelson grant helped fund the purchase of 120 acres connecting DNR lands with the Chippewa County Forest.

The Great Headwaters Trails Foundation expands the Heart of Vilas Trail System

A land trust works to protect nearly 1,000 acres near Cross Plains, WI.

A 1950’s era ski hill is now home to an impressive nature preserve in northern Wisconsin

The all-volunteer Green Lake Conservancy raised $2 million to purchase a summer camp property on Green Lake that will now be open to the public

Community groups, sporting organizations, a college, and a land trust team up to protect a spectacular forest

The Northwoods Land Trust secures access to ski, snowshoe, and fat bike trails

The nature preserve now attracts more than 100,000 visitors every year

84 acres of wetlands north of Madison, Wisconsin are now permanently protected

Bats hibernate in the caves while oak savanna steals the show above ground

A rare coastal wetland on the Door Peninsula is now protected