Our next Barn Dance celebration will be in 2021! Until then, we invite you to join us in celebrating and supporting these partners in your community!

Climate Change Coalition of Door County: Energizing and Broadening the Base

Local Climate Change Coalition founders talk about their efforts to help create a more sustainable future. During the 2012 presidential debates, Sister Bay resident Dick Smythe recalls being profoundly disappointed not hearing any discussion about climate change. Smythe considers himself a lifelong environmentalist and environmental researcher, and has always been fond of the outdoors…

Collaborative North Point Bluff Restoration Project Work Continues

Although slowed by the collective response to COVID-19, the critical restoration work at North Point Bluff Park in the City of Sheboygan continues. Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) has been collaborating with the City of Sheboygan, Friends of North Point, Sheboygan River Basin Partnership, and Stantec Consulting Services on the project.

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership to host workshops on invasive Phragmites

Landowners are invited to attend a series of free public workshops to learn more about why Phragmites is a problem and how private landowners are benefiting from participating in an exciting regional program working to control these invasive plants…

Lower Schuette Park undergoes restoration, city auction set — plus more Manitowoc news

The city said in a news release that it is partnering with Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, Friends of Manitowoc River and Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., to perform ecological restoration within portions of Lower Henry Schuette Park, 3800 Broadway Street…

Manitowoc starts ecological restoration at Lower Henry Schuette Park

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) – The City of Manitowoc announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, Friends of Manitowoc River, and Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to perform ecological restoration at the Lower Henry Schuette Park…

From the Ledge to the Lakeshore, a New Landing for LNRP's Website

“LNRP, a large umbrella non-profit, was seeking to refresh their outdated website with something that would get people engaged, provide benefit to their partners, and improve their efforts of conservation in Northeast, Wisconsin. Each year ZFMK Creative helps continue this transformation with updates and new features.”

"Hello" from the LNRP Executive Director, Tom Mlada

This week, our nation celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. A bit more than 50 years before that first celebration of Earth Day in 1970 – back in 1908 – President Theodore Roosevelt, the father of our National Park System, made the above declaration about conservation. In short, while this week’s Earth Day celebration represented a very important milestone, our collective conservation work is rooted even deeper in its intimate connection to some of our nation’s greatest leaders.

Project Updates — Spring 2020

Here is a list of some of our current projects along with our partners who work with local units of government and management agencies to help make our projects successful with long-term maintenance and care.

Partner Profile: Friends of North Point

The Friends of North Point (FONP) were formed in June of 2017. A group of local citizens in Sheboygan contacted LNRP to discuss the loss of habitat and impact of invasive plants and shrubs on the unique and vital area called North Point Bluff. With the help of the City of Sheboygan, FONP have officially “adopted” the North Point Park, which includes the bluff, and serve as stewards of this special piece of the Lake Michigan shoreline…

Forest Recovery Project Celebrates Earth Day by Planting 700 Trees

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Forest Recovery Project, along with friends and local property owners, practiced socially distant stewardship in Door County last week. Over 3 days, 3 properties and 30 people, the group planted an impressive 700 trees!

LNRP and GBCP Formalize Collaborative Relationship with Aim of Broader Regional Impact

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) is proud to announce a new partnership with the Green Bay Conservation Partners (GBCP). The two organizations, which share similar goals, have agreed to establish a formal collaboration, according to leadership of both organizations.

LNRP Updates Covid-19 Policy

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) fully supports this course of action by the Governor and his Administration. Accordingly, effective immediately, we extend our previous suspension all planned workshops, seminars, and collaborator meetings to be held indoors to now include all planned events, activities, and gatherings to be held outdoors as well.

$Sheboygan to plant over 2,000 trees, but that's only a fraction of those lost to emerald ash borer$

Sheboygan to plant over 2,000 trees, but that's only a fraction of those lost to emerald ash borer

SHEBOYGAN - About 2,000 trees will be planted throughout the county to counteract the toll the emerald ash borer has taken on the tree population. A $200,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service will pay for the trees, which will be planted on land owned by the county, like at the Sheboygan Broughton Marsh, Gerber Lake…

Climate Change Coalition Leads Tree Distribution

The Climate Change Coalition of Door County (CCCDC), with support from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Environmental Justice Action Team, has distributed more than 400 young trees during its fall tree-planting project, working with partners across the county to expand local woodlands and combat climate change…

Kangaroo Lake Association Continues ‘Fish Sticks’ Project

The Kangaroo Lake Association (KLA), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and funded by the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, will continue placing “fish sticks” in Kangaroo Lake in February, according to Tom Schneider, Kangaroo Lake Association president…