Mississippi Valley Conservancy

Conserving native habitat and farmlands in the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin for the health and well-being of current and future generations.

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The results are in! Target Circle voting helped us receive a share of Target’s donation. Take a look: https://t.co/gvfZ50DtoN

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Have you voted for us through Target Circle? If not, there’s still time! See how you can help direct Target’s giving to benefit our organization and the community https://t.co/gvfZ50DtoN

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We’re participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit our nonprofit. For full program details and restrictions visit Target Circle https://t.co/gvfZ50DtoN

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Everyone is welcome to our annual meeting on Zoom at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 26th. We have exciting news to share! Sign up to receive the link a day before the event. https://t.co/NFGHIdxl1M

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Monroe County landowners agree to preserve over 100 acres https://t.co/pdcogL0G6E

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Enjoy book reviews from UW-La Crosse's Environmental Literature class. You can find them by searching "book reviews" in the WILD READS section of our website. You might just find the perfect read for your first day of hammocking.

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You're the judge in our Giving Tuesday beauty contest. Vote TODAY! https://t.co/jpePeDdixz

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24 hrs left to get your bidding number for our LIVE streaming auction for Driftless Area conservation on Friday night! https://t.co/0hBztDO29r

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@FSPAtweets @gatheringwaters We are ever grateful to the Franciscan Sisters for their ongoing support and conservation partnership here in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. This award is well-deserved by them.

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A big shout out to everyone who supported The Target Circle campaign. With 18,221 votes casted for MVC, it raised $1,000. THANK YOU!

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Learn how you can help Wisconsin’s bat population from Jennifer Redell of the Wisconsin DNR in a guided online tour of Kickapoo Caverns next Saturday, July 11. A link will be provided here and on our website.

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We thank People’s Food Co-op for supporting land and water conservation with their Give Where You Live program!

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Have you voted for us through Target Circle? If not, there’s still time! See how you can help direct Target’s giving to benefit our organization and the community at https://t.co/NY1e7mKQZO

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We’re participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit our nonprofit. For full program details and restrictions visit https://t.co/YBgYRjK8sd

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Garlic mustard crowds out native flowering plants that pollinators depend upon, so we're pulling as much of it as we can before it goes to seed. Once the seed pods form. it's best left alone.
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The Conservancy is looking for a Restoration Coordinator. Visit https://t.co/mhRr8YGxBe for more details.

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May is morel mushroom season in Wisconsin! Luckily, there are plenty of woods around the Driftless region that are a suitable habitat for them. Have you ever found any? Share a picture of your morel harvest.

Image by Tom Rhorer

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Looking for more things to do in nature? Try out eBird!

This website helps you learn about and find birds in your region. You can also use it to submit your sightings to help conservation efforts. For more details visit

https://t.co/ii5sENPFoa

Image by Bill Peterson

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Become a clean-up champion

On your next hike at a nature preserve, pick up all the litter you can find. The person or family with the biggest haul will receive a copy of our Mysteries of the Driftless DVD.

For exact details visit

https://t.co/ii5sENPFoa

Image by Tom Rhorer

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Now is the time to watch for female bumblebees flying across the forests and fields. They are in search of new spots to start fresh colonies. Did you know that we have over 20 species of bumblebees in Wisconsin? Many of them are rare!

Photo by Tom Rhorer

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Looking for more ways to enjoy the nature preserves?

You can become a trail steward. On your hikes at the nature preserves send us updates about your favorite trail. This will help us inform others about trail conditions. For more information visit

https://t.co/ii5sENPFoa