About The Partnership
The Mid Kettle Moraine Partners was formed in 2000.
For more than a decade a coalition of citizens – perhaps some of your neighbors – have been focusing the efforts of its member groups on a mission to protect a special landscape that graces Washington and Waukesha Counties in Wisconsin. The Kettle Moraine glacial formation stretches from Janesville to Door County. Over the years, the landscape was farmed by pioneers but its shallow soils and steep slopes worked against its success. By the 1920’s the area began to be used as a weekend get away by urban residents and amateur naturalists, who hiked the ridges, fished the kettle lakes, camped and picnicked, and picked berries and mushrooms. Some of these far-sighted early visitors came to recognize that the best use of the landscape was as a scientific and nature preserve and to open its mystery and history for public enjoyment and contemplation. In response, the State of Wisconsin began in the 1930’s to assemble the North and South Units of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. But a 40-mile gap remained in Waukesha and Washington Counties. The Mid Kettle Moraine Partners was formed in 2000 with technical support from the Department of Natural Resources and the University of Wisconsin Extention to advance the effort to link the two State Forest Units. Today the Mid Kettle Moraine Partners has adopted a Collective Impact Approach and is working collaboratively through the Ice Age Trail Alliance as its non-profit fiscal agent.
We welcome you to become one of our Partners.
We welcome you to become one of our Partners.
Our Accomplishments
A continuous green corridor does exist through the area, and although most of it remains without legal protections, it retains its original character and thus retains the promise for future protection. Scientists and planners have identified important natural areas, and many of these have been protected in the corridor. Additional parcels have been acquired, including the Polk Kames in Washington County. The Ice Age Trail, eventually to be a 1,000-mile long footpath across Wisconsin from Interstate State Park on the St. Croix River to Potowatomi State Park in Door County, is mostly complete through Washington and Waukesha Counties.
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Member Land Preservation & Protection Efforts ( Since 2001 )
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Partner Members
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Partnership Co-chairs Marilyn Haroldson N49 W28689 Chardon Drive Hartland, WI 53021 planner@townofmerton.com Angela Curtes, GROUNDED llc 4190 Lily Road West Bend, WI 53095 jazcurtes@earthlink.net Members Citizen Representative & past co-chair Paul G. Hayes N63 W5795 Columbia Road Cedarburg, WI 53012 pghaze@gmail.com Village of Hartland David E. Cox, Administrator P. O. Box 260 210 Cottonwood Avenue Hartland, WI 53029 davidc@villageofhartland.com Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Dave Schilling, Chief Land Use Planner P. O. Box 1607 Waukesha, WI 53187-1607 dschilling@sewrpc.org Washington County Planning and Parks Department Debora Sielski, Assistant Administrator for Planning Deb.Sielski@co.washington.wi.us 333 East Washington Street, Suite 2300 West Bend, WI. 53095-2585 Waukesha County Parks and Land Use Department Waukesha County Parks and Land Use Duane Grimm, Park System Manager 515 W. Moreland Boulevard Room AC230 Waukesha WI 53188 DGrimm@waukeshacounty.gov Friends of the Mukwonago River Pam Meyer S101 CTH LO Eagle, WI 53119 pdw_meyer@yahoo.com Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation Bob Boucher, Executive Director PO Box 347 West Bend, WI 53095 rboucher@clcf.info Waukesha County Land Conservancy Cheryl White, Executive Director 2065 Donmar Lane Brookfield, WI 53005 mailto:wclc@wi.rr.com Marlin Johnson, Property Manager 1234 South Waterville Road Oconomowoc, WI 53066 marlin.johnson@uwc.edu Ozaukee Washington Land Trust Steve Henkel, Land Specialist shenkel@owlt.org 141 N. Main Street West Bend, WI 53095 Department of Natural Resources, Southeast Region Jim Ritchie, Grants & Loan Team Supervisor 2300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Milwaukee, WI 53212 Jim.Ritchie@wisconsin.gov Robert Wessberg, Superintendent Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit robert.wessberg@wi.gov Friends of Lac Lawrann Conservancy Gary Britton, Past President P.O. Box 755 West Bend, WI 53095 gary.britton@uwc.edu City of West Bend Parks, Recreation & Forestry Craig Hoeppner, Parks & Recreation Director 3rd Floor, City Hall 1115 S. Main Street West Bend, WI 53095 chwbprf@ci.west-bend.wi.us Washington County Board Member & Village of Slinger Board Rick Gundrum 301 Winter Lane Slinger, WI 53085 rgundrumDS16@charter.net Ice Age Trail Alliance Mike Wollmer, Executive Director 2110 Main St. Cross Plains, WI 53528 mike@iceagetrail.org Tiffany Stram, GIS Specialist 2110 Main St. Cross Plains, WI 53528 Tiffany@iceagetrail.org Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast, Inc. Kathy Laur, Director of Properties 2561 West Decorah Road West Bend, WI 53095 klaur@gswise.org Tall Pines Conservancy – Executive Director Susan Buchanan P.O. Box 65 Nashotah, WI 53085 susanb@tallpinesconservancy.org Environmental Consulting Jill Bedford, Hunter’s Lake Association – Board of Directors PO Box 180022 Delafield, WI 53108 Bedfordjill@gmail.com Laudato Si' PROJECT Joe Meyer, Executive Director laudatosoproject@gmail.com |
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