The work you have seen the Door County Land Trust pour into Hibbard Creek over the last quarter century bore more fruit in recent weeks as the organization added two new properties to its portfolio. Hibbard Creek and the surrounding watershed has been a focus of the Door County Land Trust since 1998, accumulating more than 250 acres in that time. The most recent additions came from the Universities of Wisconsin and the other came from Mike Bacsi and Patti Seger. Although the land they help protect is not contiguous, DCLT Executive Director Emily Wood says with every piece of land they acquire, they are able to better protect the animals and birds that call it home.

The purchase of the new Hibbard Creek Natural Area properties was made possible by membership contributions and Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program funds, the Fox River and Green Bay Natural Resources Trustees grant, and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant.

Picture by Dan Eggert, Map courtesy of Door County Land Trust

The map of the Hibbard Creek watershed below shows the two most recent properties under Door County Land Trust(DCLT) protection. The yellow rectangle indicates the University of Wisconsin property purchase and the green rectangle is the location of the former Mike Bacsi and Patti Seger property. Red rectangles designate land under protection by the Land Trust and the white shapes indicate DCLT conservation easements.