To our dedicated membership,
I am pleased to report to you that the Pelican River Forest Conservation Easement is now official protecting over 70,000 total acres of forest land, rivers, streams and trails for public access and use. Please see Charlie Carlins email from Gathering Waters below for details as well as some links providing additional information.
I would like to extend my sincere thank you to all of you who have taken the time and effort to support the Pelican River Forest. Especially appreciative to those members and businesses that took the time to sign the on-line petitions supporting this project, and to the members who took the time to attend the myriad of town and county meetings to voice their support of the project.
Since the inception of the Pel-Cho Muddnuts ATV/UTV Club in Pelican Lake in 2014 it has been our goal to gain recreational public access to this tract of land, only to be hindered and blocked by the previous owner.
Thru working very early on with Jim Lemke of the DNR and then for the last 2 years with Clint Miller of The Conservation Fund and Charlie Carlin of Gathering Waters it is so rewarding to see all of this work as well as your efforts come to fruition. We always looked at this block of land as an excellent opportunity to create a hub for recreational ATV/UTV/Snowmobiling.
As we know, the Pelican Lake, Monico, Elcho the area is lacking in economic development, and it is hoped that the opening of this property to public use will also bring greater opportunity for growth and development within these communities especially in the area of quality lodging, and certainly an excellent opportunity for the Town of Monico Hopefully the town leaders also realize this and begin to capitalize on it.
In congratulating Clint Miller of The Conservation Fund on the successful culmination of this project his comment back to me was "OK, now lets get started work on identifying and developing the ATV/UTV trails."
While we do have some preliminary trails identified, it will require considerable time, work and effort to develop these into real, functionable and safe ATV/UTV trails. We still have a lot of work ahead of us!
Again, thank you to all who have supported this endeavor to date. Below is a big Thank you as well from The Conservation Fund and Gathering Waters.
Should anyone have any questions or comments, please let me know.
Gary Dominski
President
Pel-Cho Mudd Nutz ATV/UTV Club
715-777-5098
Friends of Pelican River Forest,
It's official, the Pelican River Forest has been protected. The last documents were filed this morning and the conservation easement is in place. Hooray!
If you haven't seen Gathering Waters' statement, it's posted here: https://knowlesnelson.org/success-for-pelican-river/
The Governor's press release is here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIGOV/bulletins/38693b8
Please take a second and thank the Governor for his support. It just takes a moment: https://knowlesnelson.org/take-action
Finally, I'm so pleased to pass along a huge THANK YOU from Clint, Bethany, and The Conservation Fund team. And our thanks should go right back to them for their persistence, patience, and incredible commitment to Wisconsin's land and water.
Time to celebrate!
Charles Carlin
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Gathering Waters: Wisconsin's Alliance for Land Trusts
(435) 669-8384
Pel-Cho Mudd Nutz
PO Box 98, Pelican Lake, WI 54463
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