Conservation Fund

The Conservation Fund, which works to protect land and nature across the U.S. has announced it has now protected more than 1 million acres of working forests lands across the country

Nearly 70,000 acres in Oneida, Forest, and Langlade Counties are under conservation easements to be protected in perpetuity.The Pelican River Forest is praised by conservationists for protecting increasingly rare contiguous forestland in the state.

Nearly 70,000 acres in Oneida, Forest, and Langlade Counties are under conservation easements to be protected in perpetuity.The Pelican River Forest is praised by conservationists for protecting increasingly rare contiguous forestland in the state.

Nearly 70,000 acres in Oneida, Forest, and Langlade counties will forever be protected as the Pelican River Forest.Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced during his State of the State that funding had been secured for the conservation easements for the Pelican River Forest and would be approved by the DNR this week.

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.