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Wetlands Acquisition
Successful!
The Club is happy to announce that we have completed
the purchase of 18 additional acres of wetlands. This brings the
total acreage of the Terrell’s Island Wetland Restoration Area to
1,201.
With the help of generous donors and a grant from the
WDNR we raised $245,000 of the $300,000 that we needed. So as not to
lose the funds already raised, we took out a loan for the remaining
amount and continued our fundraising efforts. With this past Spring
Dinner we were able to raise the remaining money owed on our loan
and retire the debt with help from a $10,000 match from the
U.S Oil/Schmidt Family Foundation.
Thank you once again to everyone who donated and
worked diligently on our fundraising endeavors! You should all be
very, very proud.
This purchase preserves this land in perpetuity for
future generations. It also allows us unrestricted access to the breakwall and the mouth of the Fox River and is invaluable in our
efforts to repair the area's wetlands. It also opens up the
possibility of a nature education center and a 4 mile looping hiking
trail out along the breakwall in the future.
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Thank you
for your Support!
We reached
our goal and the Club can now retire our wetlands debt.
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A view of
the wetlands looking North.
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Small cabin near the front of the
property.
An old shed at the beginning of
the trail out to the breakwall.
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