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We hope it serves you well and inspires you to become involved in efforts that encourage the long-term conservation and planning for this unique natural resource.  Please provide us some feedback on the contents of our website in order to make it the most useful for you!  Click here to suggest some new content or links!

Next Meeting!

News & Announcements!

FRIDAY, July 18th, 2008

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

Town of Ledgeview Municipal Building, Brown County, WI

Click Here for Agenda!

Meeting Attachment (Wis. Stats. 30.24)

 

NEW ITEMS / SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!
bullet New "My Space" Page for Maribel Caves - Put together by Al Schema, this page includes info and discussions on the Maribel Caves County Park which is situated along the Niagara Cuesta.
bullet FINAL Grant Application for "Wine on the Rocks" Project - Unfortunately, our application was not funded through the Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Program.  We'll try again next year!
bullet WCMP Escarpment Article by Angela Pierce - Angie is a NERN member who works for the Bay-Lake RPC.  She found a nice opportunity to get some press and relate the escarpment to coastal issues in Wisconsin.
bullet NERN Awarded National Park Service (NPS) Assistance for a "Greenway" Plan! - A copy of the award letter is attached to this link.  Keep your eyes out for more on this project soon!
bullet Viticultural Potential of Calumet County, WI - A report by Kristine Pelkey, Lawrence University - Dec. 2007.
bullet Viticultural Potential of the Niagara Escarpment - A report by Kristine Pelkey, Lawrence University - Dec., 2007.
bullet Mapping & Characterization of Springs in Brown and Calumet Counties (.pdf format report prepared by the WDNR and UW-Green Bay - October, 2006 [1.76MB])
bulletNEW WEBSITE FOR MARIBEL CAVES FRIENDS GROUP! 
bulletGreat Lakes Circle Tour Website/Mapping
bulletDraft 2007/08 NERN Work Program (Excel).   Please e-mail us with any input you may have!
bulletFor discussion........Niagara Escarpment Legislation Ideas

Links of Interest:

bullet Nature Mapping is a biodiversity survey program that allows citizens, school groups, and professionals to enter wildlife observations into a statewide database.
bulletVisit one of our very active partners, the Door County Invasive Species Team (DCIST)
bulletNew website link!  The Wildlands League's Bruce Peninsula Ecosystem Community Atlas - This website has .pdf version (large files!) of the new atlas project - very informative!
bullet LANDCARE NIAGARA - the web site of Niagara’s Community Land Stewardship Council (Ontario)
bullet LIMEHOUSE KILN SOCIETY (Ontario)
bullet CALUMET COUNTY TOURISM
bullet THE GREAT ARC - IT NOW HAS ITS OWN PAGE! (www.greatarc.org)
bulletWisconsin: An Earth Science Paradise by Ted Eischeid.  Ted is a local instructor (Fond du Lac School District) and has a great 'tour' of NE Wisconsin that he created.   See http://homepage.mac.com/eischeid/fieldtrip/
bulletThe Paleomap Project by Christopher Scotese - An interesting website with animated plate tectonic images.  www.scotese.com
bullet Gathering Waters Webpage on Private Land Protection Options
bullet Information on the results of our Great Arc Initiative, Workshop III: Approaches to Conservation and Sustainability along the Niagara Escarpment
bulletNiagara Escarpment Commission's 2004 Leading Edge Conference Proceedings.
bulletCherney/Maribel Caves Visioning Session Report (349kb .pdf file)
bulletNiagara Escarpment Selected as a top 'Land Legacy' Area by the WDNR!
bulletWisconsin Wind Energy Report (for a special page and more information on wind energy and the Niagara Escarpment, click here!)
 

Niagara Escarpment Photo Album

 
Look at our online photo album filled with pictures of Wisconsin's Niagara Escarpment.  For pictures from other places along the Great Arc, click here!  

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