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The Blue Mounds
Project

Carroll Schaal
POB 332
Mt. Horeb, WI  53572
(608) 437-6247
schaal1@mhtc.net

The Blue Mounds Area Project is a community based organization that seeks to inspire, inform, and empower private landowners in the southwest Wisconsin region to enjoy, protect, and restore native biodiversity and ecosystem health.
Driftless Area
Land Conservancy

Doug Cieslak
Executive Director
Driftless Area Land Conservancy
338 N Iowa Street
Dodgeville, WI  53533
(608) 930-3252
driftless@mhtc.net
www.driftlesslandtrust.org

DALC's mission is to provide a means to protect the unique natural resources and preserve the rural landscape and quality of life in southwestern Wisconsin.
Dubuque County Conservation Society

David W. Leifker
1000 Whispering Lane
Hazel Green, WI  53811
(608) 748-4740

Local conservation group - protection of tri-state environment.
Friends of the Rountree Branch (FORB)

Angie Wright
POB #80
Platteville, WI  53818
(608)348-7607
wright98@centurytel.net

FORB is a group of citizens interested in completing a walking and biking trail along the Rountree Branch of the Platteville River.  Stream habitat improvement within the streambed and the land adjacent is a major part of our effort.
Lancaster
Conservation Club

John Hughes
843 W. Pine Street
Lancaster, WI  53813
(608) 723-2984

The Nature
Conservancy (TNC)

Steve Richter
633 W. Main Street
Madison, WI  53703
(608) 251-8140 x126
srichter@tnc.org
www.nature.org

 

The mission of TNC is to preserve plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and water they need to survive.  Our conservation focus in this basin is mainly related to the preservation, protection, and management of prairie-restricted species and prairie and savanna communities.
The Prairie
Enthusiasts

PO Box 620556
Middleton, WI  53562
www.ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

Prairie and savanna conservation and education.
Upper Sugar River Watershed Association (USRWA)

Becky Olson
POB 314
207 East Main Street
Mt. Horeb, WI  53572
(608) 437-7707
execdr.@usrwa.org or usrwa@usrwa.org
www.usrwa.org

The USRWA serves as a forum to preserve and enhance the watershed resources through an impartial partnership among diverse community interests.
     
     
     

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Argyle Rod & Gun Club

Brian Mundt
PO Box 221
Argyle, WI  53504
(608) 543-3986
savannasprings.com/argc.htm

Blackhawk Sportsman Club

Homer Pickett
301 East Prospect Street
South Wayne, WI
(608) 439-5336

Cassville Conservation Club

Robert Bohringer
President
POB 577
Cassville, WI  53806
(608) 725-5956 (club)

Open and league trap shooting,  registered trap shooting, non-registered sporting clays; sponsors hunter safety class and sells new shells and reloading supplies.
Dodgeville Ducks Unlimited

Dan Rosenthal
600 Prairie Hills Drive
Dodgeville, WI  53533
(608) 935-9432
dan.rosenthal@landsend.com

Ducks Unlimited is a non-profit group dedicated to conserving wetland habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife.
Grant County Wild Turkey Federation

Thomas Belz
17213 Saunders View Rd.
Boscobel, WI  53805
(608)375-4874

Lafayette County Sportsman's Alliance
Michael Wells
10305 Village Road
Gratiot, WI 53541
(608) 922-6487
The Alliance includes the following organizations: Argyle Rod & Gun Club, Belmont Sportsman's Club, Blanchardville Sportsman's Club, Fayette Sportsman's Club, Gratiot Conservation Club, Issac Walton League, Benton, Shullsburg Conservation Club, and the Blackhawk Sportsman's Club, South Wayne.  The Alliance has built handling piers in Lafayette Co. at Yellowstone Lake, Argyle, and Darlington, has received grants to help clean up the Pecatonica River, and has taken over and assumed operations of Blackhawk Park in Woodford.
Marshall Bluff Bowhunters

David Tschudy
PO Box 206
Monticello, WI  53570
(608) 325-2864
www.marshallbluff.homestead.com

Marshall Bluff Bowhunters is an archery club started in 1958.  The club has a beautiful NFAA course and a challenging 3D shoot the 2nd weekend in August.  Memberships are $25 single and $35 for family.
Pecatonica River Valley Coonhunters

Miles Narveson
2474 Lease Drive
Dodgeville, WI  53533
(608 924-1022

Promote and sponsor competition coon hunts.  Sponsor and teach hunter safety classes.
Sugar River Coonhunters

Scott & Danielle Johnson
704 E. 6th Ave.
Brodhead, WI 53520
(608) 897-3556

Sugar River Valley Pheasants Forever

David Wisnefske
W4634 Richland Rd.
Monroe, WI  53566
(608)325-4606
savanasp@tds.net

savannasprings.com/SRVPF.html

Club activities include cost sharing and expertise on CRP and prairie grass planting, tree planting, hundreds of custom food plots and free seed, Youth hunt, controlled burns, help DNR with pheasant counts, school prairies, and Leopold Education Project.

Tri-County Archers

 

Roger Lange
PO Box 203
Platteville, WI  53818
(608) 348-8100
rjlvkl@centurytel..net
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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