If you're an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking or hunting, a key wetland habitat along the Ahnapee River will remain natural for many years. The Door County Land Trust (DCLT) has announced it will permanently protect over 47 acres near the Ahnapee River in the Town of Forestville. On February 5, the DCLT acquired the ecologically significant land, mainly a marsh with a river and streambank wetlands and a small former hayfield. DCLT will manage the property to support watershed health, including water quality monitoring and wetland habitat restoration.
The newly protected property is part of the Ahnapee River Wildlife Corridor, a key habitat of wetlands and riverbanks that follows the river from its headwaters near Brussels Hill to its mouth on Lake Michigan in Algoma. The area supports migrating and nesting birds, fish habitats, and diverse plant life, such as yellow warblers, soras, green herons, and fish species like pike, rainbow, and brown trout. Conservation efforts along the Ahnapee River help keep the critical wildlife passageways intact.
The public can access the Ahnapee State Trail/Ice Age Trail, which runs along the property and the land but does not have a parking lot.
(photo by Emily Wood)
