The Door County Land Trust announced Monday the protection of one of the most pristine freshwater estuaries in Northern Door County.  The 31-acre Hilltop Conservation Easement straddles the border of the Three Springs Creek and Mink River sub-watersheds and was purchased by landowner Lisa Barker in 2017.  Historically used as farmland, the property has seen recent reforestation of sumac and young saplings.

Door County Land Trust began working with the Barker family last year to establish a conservation easement that will now forever protect the land and wildlife habitat while allowing land to remain in private ownership and on the tax rolls.

The land protection efforts coincide with other nearby conservation easement properties surrounding the Mink River Estuary.

You can read the news release from Door County Land Trust here.