Conservation Fund

The Pelican River Forest Project received $11 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The funding came from the Forest Legacy Program.

The Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee denied state funding for the Pelican River Forest project during its meeting Tuesday morning.The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved in November using $4 million dollars from the Knowles Nelson Fund to purchase conservation easements on roughly 56,000 acres.

The Joint Finance Committee denied state funding for the Pelican River Forest Tuesday.The Pelican River Forest is a 70,000 acres conservation project in parts of Oneida, Langlade, and Forest Counties.

Looking at a map, the land is located just north of Pelican Lake. The Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest is to its northwest and Oneida County Forest Land sits to its southeast.