The Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) is proud to be leading a collaborative conservation success story with a team of partners in our mission-service area, this time one that will lead to sustainable inland stream trout populations – and public access to fish them!
Read MoreIn 2012, a group of friends became increasingly concerned about the gap between reliable scientific information and public understanding of the impending climate crisis. Thus was born the Climate Change Coalition of Door County (CCC), which soon affiliated with LNRP…
Read MorePlease contact your state representative and share your testimony in Support of AB 131 (prohibited the sale and use of coal-tar based sealants and high PAH sealant products). Read Tom Mlada’s testimony by clicking on the link.
Read MoreLakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) announced the launch of a new brand initiative collaboration with Vagabond Creative Studio of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Vagabond Creative is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative team focused upon creating mindful communication through branding, video and design….
Read MoreFriends of Stony Brook (FoSB) will engage stakeholders, build a steering committee, and develop a vision to create a fully functional cold-water stream that supports trout populations with improved water quality….
Read MoreThis week, the Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council announced awards honoring those dedicated to protecting, preserving, and increasing the number of trees that line city streets, fill community parks, and beautify neighborhoods throughout Wisconsin. Restoration of our Trees Sheboygan (ROOTS) has been awarded the Project Partnership Award in Urban Forestry, which recognizes outstanding projects utilizing partnerships to benefit our urban forests. It is an honor to receive this distinguished award and would not be possible without the dedicated work of all our partners!
Read MoreWhat is Wisconsin’s Green Tier Legacy Communities program, and why should we want to know?
Green Tier Legacy Communities is a forward-looking, cost-saving approach to good environmental management and sustainability, offered by Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources since 2010. Egg Harbor, Ephraim, the Town of Gibraltar and Door County are all Green Tier participants. Other county communities are exploring the program’s advantages with a view to signing up…
Read MoreThe year that was 2020 was challenging for all of us. To be sure, the source and the scope of challenge may have varied. But on many levels and in many different ways, this past calendar year was a difficult one. Our experience of it, in that descriptive sense, was shared…
Read MoreCrescent Beach is the treasured City of Algoma park located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Since joining LNRP as a watershed partner in 2015, Friends of Crescent Beach (FOCB) has taken an action-oriented approach to augmenting the city’s efforts to protect and improve this important community asset. The group is proud of the broad coalition of community support they have built through the years…
Read MoreIn late 2019, LNRP proudly launched an innovative and collaborative Coastal Resiliency with secured funding from the US Forest Service (USFS) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Climate Adaptation Fund. LNRP subsequently secured a Phase Two grant in late 2020 from the USFS with additional funding from the Fund for Lake Michigan…
Read MoreOn December 1st, LNRP proudly joined with other mission-based organizations around the world to celebrate Giving Tuesday, a focused day of financial investment in nonprofit work. This past year perhaps more than any other, this shared sense of purpose helped unify people around the world…
Read MoreToday, our Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who is widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of all time. As we celebrate the legacy of Dr. King, it is critical to recognize that the inspiring messages he shared are just as relevant now as they were during the height of his leadership and civil rights activism…
Read MoreALGOMA - Friends of Crescent Beach is seeking donations to support the 25-year-old Crescent Beach Boardwalk. The group also hopes to compile a history of the boardwalk and create a revolving capital fund for boardwalk maintenance and improvements…
Read MoreOur LNRP Team has been hard at work these past few months, as this quarterly newsletter illustrates. Since our Spring newsletter in April, we’ve advanced several project and programming efforts; celebrated several grant awards and a successful “Giving Tuesday Now” appeal; provided support for partner-led online events; and actively connected and communicated with our stakeholders and supporters via weekly “Virtual Happy Hour” engagements…
Read MoreAre you inspired by the extraordinary conservation impact our LNRP Team and our Partner Groups and wanting to make an immediate difference? Well, you absolutely can, with a tax-deductible gift to our LNRP Autumn Appeal!
Read MoreThe Niagara Escarpment Resource Network (NERN) has been hard at work over the past 18 months to renew and re-invigorate its decades-long effort to build awareness and increase stewardship of this globally unique geologic resource. Formed in 1998, NERN joined LNRP’s efforts in 2010 to expand its ability to implement its mission and achieve its overall vision of a protected Niagara Escarpment corridor that provides economic, social, and environmental values for generations to come.
Read MoreLNRP has captured the effort by using drone video to showcase the work and create a tool for long-term management. The Forest Service and Climate Adaptation Fund grants are designed to mitigate the impacts of emerald ash borer and create climate resilient coastal habitats. Project sites include coastal wetlands and forests, cold-water trout streams, riverine habitats, bluff lands, and Lake Michigan shoreline. Each project site is a publicly held property with a group of engaged stakeholders including a local unit of government, funding agencies, and an LNRP partner group.
Read MoreIn the past six weeks, Restoration of our Trees Sheboygan (ROOTS) celebrated the kickoff of five private-public sector mitigation projects in four communities throughout Sheboygan County, resulting in the safe removal of hundreds of dead ash trees and their accelerated replacement in public parks and on public thoroughfares.
Read MoreSHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) – When your fall color tour of Sheboygan County reveals large swaths of already-bare trees, then you’re likely not seeing signs of early autumn, but the work of the Emerald Ash Borer, a small beetle which kills ash trees in a few short years when the larvae eat the tree’s sap-carrying tissue beneath the bark…
Read More“On behalf of our entire LNRP Team, I am proud to introduce our 2018-2020 Impact Report!” — Tom Mlada, LNRP Executive Director
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