
August 2026 eNewsletter
Read our August 2026 E-newsletter for a summer recap and to get involved this fall.

Read our August 2026 E-newsletter for a summer recap and to get involved this fall.

Read more about Restoring Lands’ demolition projects happening this summer.

This spring, Restoring Lands accomplished a grand feat of planting over 22,000 trees!
This effort is a part of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Districts ‘Reforestation and Wetland Restoration Program’.

If you have been to Forest Beach Migratory Preserve the last round of months (18 months) you might have noticed a few changes – the parking lot is smaller and has a different texture, the 16,000 square foot clubhouse has vanished, and the surrounding area has limited vegetation. You are not wrong; the place looks drastically different for good reason.

Sauk creek is one of three conservation properties chosen as part of a project to diversify forests that have been degraded. Project goals include restoring canopy cover and forest structure to support migratory and resident bird species.

Read more about our two big reforestation projects at Kurtz Woods State Natural Area, and Forest Beach Migratory Preserve.