white river protection project
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The Bayfield Regional Conservancy, Trout Unlimited Wisconsin Wild Rivers Chapter, and Friends of the White River are partnering to protect 80 acres on the White River. You can help.TRANSCRIPT
June 2009
80 acres of vulnerable land along the White River in the Town of Delta recently went up for sale.
Including 2000 feet of shoreline
“The last thing we all want to see is a string of condos or
cottages along this stretch of the White”
-Bill Heart, Council Chair of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited, Chair of Friends of the White River
The Bayfield Regional Conservancy, Trout Unlimited’s Wild Rivers
Chapter, and the Friends of the White River
are working together to buy the property and protect it for wildlife and recreation.
Why protect the White River?
Traversing one of Wisconsin's largest
wetlands, the 10,000 acre Bibon Marsh,
the White River is exceptionally pristine
and diverse.
"Trout anglers often speak of the White in almost reverent tones
because it harkens back to a day when Wisconsin was on the
country's frontier."
- Stephen Born in Exploring Wisconsin Trout Streams
Harboring high quality aquatic habitat, the White River’s 60 miles
of flow includes:
• 44 miles of DNR classified Outstanding or Exceptional Resource Waters
• 20 miles of Class 1 Trout Waters.
White River Watershed’s many habitats are home to rare and
threatened species
•Boreal Forest, •Tamarack Swamp,•Northern Wet Forest,•Northern Hardwood Swamp, •Alder Thicket,
Some of the White River’s many habitats include:
•Shrub Carr, •Northern Sedge Meadow, •Emergent Marsh, •Coldwater Streams, •Northern Dry Forest
55 species of Conservation Concern,
including…
18 of which are of Greatest Need for Conservation in Wisconsin,
are found here
American Martens
Water shrew
Pygmy shrew
Red-shouldered Hawks
Imperiled Songbirds
Canada warbler
Cerulean warbler
Connecticut warbler
Why these 80 acres?
They include 2000 feet of shoreline on both sides of the River
They are on the edge of the great Bibon Marsh
They include highly developable, cleared upland all the way to the River
Their 2000 feet of shoreline habitat can be restored
They will be open for low impact public use
They are adjacent to a Wisconsin DNR fisheries area.
Public access will continue.
When State funds become available the DNR intends to buy them from us.
What can you do?
Help us protect this property now for wildlife and recreation
Friends of the
White River
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Donate to the Bayfield Regional Conservancy’s White River
Protection Fund
Go to www.brcland.org and click on Donations
then email [email protected] to dedicate your gift to the White River
receive a personally guided fishing trip to the White
Those who give $5,000 and up
with Bill Heart, Council Chair,
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
Funds from any eventual sale to DNR
will go into a permanent revolving White River Fund
to protect more land along the White.
Your gift will continue to give to the White River
Thank you
Bayfield Regional Conservancy
www.brcland.org
Protecting Land in the
Lake Superior Basin and Beyond