Mid Kettle Moraine Partners
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About The Partnership

The Mid Kettle Moraine Partners was formed in 2000. 
For two decade a coalition of citizens – perhaps some of your neighbors – have been focusing efforts on a mission to advocate for and preserve 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 to continue its efforts on behalf of the Mid Kettle Moraine region.

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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. ​
  • Development of the Mid Kettle Outdoor Recreation Map 
  • Publication of an Educational Brochure
  • Created Educational Display
  • Created DVD of MKM region & Partners
  • Seminars on Conservation Development
  • Petitioned the State to include the MKM in its Land Legacy Report for targeted preservation
  • Partners preserved over  1,500 since 2000
  • 13 Local Units of Government have adopted a resolution of wise land use in the Mid Kettle Moraine
  • Helped to secure $2 million in federal Forest Legacy funding to purchase conservation easements in the Holy Hill region
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Member Land Preservation & Protection Efforts ( Since 2001 )

  • ​A & J Conservation Easement
  • Bautzmann Farm
  • Claude Conservation Easement
  • Foxhill Property
  • Frog Hollow Property
  • Gilbert Lake Property
  • Gregg Preserve
  • Hartland Marsh Preserve
  • Henzelman Property
  • Hepburn Woods
  • Ice Age Trail Easement (Town of Barton)
  • J & N Curtes Conservation Easement
  • Jacobs Conservation  Easement
  • Lindermann Conservation Easement
  • Lockman Property
  • McCann Property

  • Nagawicka Lake Blog
  • Nashotah Conservation Easement
  • Oak Hill Conservation Easement
  • Osberg-Papst Family Property
  • Ottawa Wildlife Refuge
  • Pencikowski Property
  • Peters Conservation Easement
  • Polk Kames

  • ​Rail Corridor Eden to West Bend
  • Rainbow Lake
  • Rolf’s Park
  • Rudorf Property
  • Schaeffer Property
  • Silver Lake Public Access
  • Timmer Property
  • Wilson Wood Duck Preserve
  • Vink Conservation Easement

Partner Members



Partnership Co-chairs

​Marilyn Haroldson, Town Planner
Town of Merton
N49 W28689 Chardon Drive
Hartland, WI 53021
planner@townofmerton.com

Angela Curtes, Owner
GROUNDED llc
4190 Lily Road
West Bend, WI 53095
groundedllc@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
333 East Washington Street, Suite 2300
West Bend, WI. 53095-2585
Deb.Sielski@co.washington.wi.us 

Waukesha County Parks and Land Use Department
Steve Brunner
515 W. Moreland Boulevard Room AC230
Waukesha WI 53188
sbrunner@waukeshacounty.gov

Friends of the Mukwonago River
Pam Meyer
S101 CTH LO
Eagle, WI 53119
pdw_meyer@yahoo.com

Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation
Linda Mutschler, Executive Director
PO Box 347
West Bend, WI 53095
lmutschler@clcf.info

Waukesha County Land Conservancy
Cheryl White, Executive Director
2065 Donmar Lane
Brookfield, WI 53005
mailto:wclc@wi.rr.com
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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

John Shank, Past President
johnmshank@gmail.com​

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 
Susan Buchanan, Executive Director
P.O. Box 65
Nashotah, WI 53085
susanb@tallpinesconservancy.org

Environmental Consultant
Jill Bedford, Hunter’s Lake Association – Board of Directors
PO Box 180022
Delafield, WI 53108
Bedfordjill@gmail.com

Waukesha County Green Team
David Wolken, Board Emeritus
dwolken@wi.rr.com

Laudato Si' Project
Joe Meyer, Executive Director
laudatosoproject@gmail.com

The Natural Realm
Eddee Daniel
​2013 Ludington Avenue
Wauwatosa WI 53226
eddeedaniel@sbcglobal.net
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