Organizations Filed Purposes:
WE PROTECT SPECIAL PLACES FOREVER.
WE ARE A LEADER IN PROTECTING PLACES PEOPLE LOVE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
THIS YEAR GROUNDSWELL CONSERVANCY HELPED CONSERVATION-MINDED COMMUNITIES AND LANDOWNERS PROTECT GREAT PLACES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.AS WE LEARN MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY, EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF WETLAND WE HAVE LEFT IS WORTH PROTECTING - THE HEALTH OF MADISON'S CHAIN OF LAKES DEPENDS ON OUR WETLANDS. WE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED 84 ACRES OF WETLANDS ALONG SIX-MILE CREEK ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF WAUNAKEE. SIX-MILE CREEK FLOWS SOUTH AND EAST OF WAUNAKEE INTO LAKE MENDOTA. AND SOUTH OF MCFARLAND, WE PURCHASED 69 ACRES OF WETLANDS IN THE TOWN OF DUNN. THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO LOWER MUD LAKE STATE FISHERY AREA SOUTH OF MCFARLAND ALONG HWY. 51 AND HELPS FILL IN THE PROJECT BOUNDARY FOR DANE COUNTY'S LOWER MUD LAKE NATURAL RESOURCE AREA.WE ALSO PURCHASED FIVE ACRES OF LAND NEAR CROSS PLAINS IN THE BLACK EARTH CREEK VALLEY. THIS SUCCESS IS THANKS TO A CONSERVATION-MINDED FAMILY AND STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR PROTECTING THE CREEK. THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO STATE-OWNED LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROSS PLAINS. THIS ACQUISITION HELPS FILL-IN THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES FOR THE DNR'S BLACK EARTH CREEK FISHERY AREA AND DANE COUNTY'S BLACK EARTH CREEK NATURAL RESOURCE AREA. THE LAND, LIKE OUR OTHER PURCHASES THIS YEAR, IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES.THANKS TO THE LANDOWNERS WHO "BELIEVE IN PRESERVING THE FARMLAND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS" WE PLACED A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON 106 ACRES OF HIGH-QUALITY FARMLAND ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF EVANSVILLE WILDLIFE AREA IN ROCK COUNTY. THE EASEMENT PERMANENTLY PREVENTS DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, KEEPING IT AVAILABLE FOR FARMING AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR HUNTING AT THE ADJACENT WILDLIFE AREA.THE CLOSURE OF FARMER'S MARKETS AROUND MADISON THIS SPRING DUE TO THE COVID19 PANDEMIC LEFT SOME HMONG GROWERS AT A DISADVANTAGE. AS FARMER'S MARKETS MOVED TO ON-LINE ORDERING, GROWERS NOT PROFICIENT IN TECHNOLOGY OR WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE ISN'T ENGLISH, WERE LEFT BEHIND. GROUNDSWELL HELPED BY SPONSORING AN EAST-SIDE MARKET WHERE HMONG GROWERS ARE SELLING PRODUCE DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS OF LINDEN COHOUSING AND THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.OUR SUMMER INTERN PRAIRIE PARTNERS CREW IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT AT WESTPORT PRAIRIE AND PATRICK MARSH AND GAINED VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE ABOUT MANAGING NATURAL AREAS. PRIOR TO THE START OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC, OUR SUPPORTERS PARTICIPATED IN FIELD TRIPS AND EVENTS, INCLUDING LEARNING HOW TO FISH ON BLACK EARTH CREEK, DISCOVERING POLLINATING INSECTS AND MAKING EPHEMERAL ART AT PATRICK MARSH, AND A STORY HIKE AND BONFIRE WESTPORT PRAIRIE, AND MORE.GROUNDSWELL CONSERVANCY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1983 AND HAS PERMANENTLY PROTECTED MORE THAN 13,000 ACRES OF IMPORTANT LAND AND WATER. GROUNDSWELL IS ACCREDITED BY THE LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| James Welsh | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $85,694 |
| Veronica Rueckert | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn Reinl | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Barry Perkel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jediah White | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tracy Wicklund | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Cameron Field | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Vicki Elkin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Anne Brindley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Carrie Breunig | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Pat Leavenworth | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Krauskopf | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Frank | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Hyer | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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