Bald Eagles on the Wisconsin River
August 27, 2008 | News of the North (WI)
By Bryan Pierce Director, Northwoods Land Trust
When one of the toughest decisions on a conservation project is how to best protect a huge nest in a giant white pine tree, and you are making those decisions while watching the adult bald eagles circling in to feed the young, you know you are protecting something special. And when that nest is located along a beautiful stretch of natural shoreline on the upper Wisconsin River, everybody wins.
Land of my father
Bill Vancos and his wife, Joy, made a lasting commitment to ensure that their piece of “eagle heaven” will be protected forever with a land protection agreement, or conservation easement, granted to the Northwoods Land Trust.
