*** AL LAND STEWARDSHIP TRAIL – SHARING THE VISION***
This is one of 8 new caches placed to Introduce Geocaching, on March 28, 2015, to potentially new cachers here at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in cooperation with the Cable Natural History Museum and sponsored by the Friends of the Center.
Park at one of 2 locations: All Season Parking at the NGLVC is from 9 am to 5 pm daily. The main gate closes at 5 pm. The County Hwy G parking lot is open for 3 seasons but is not plowed in the winter.
This land has undergone many changes in the last 100-150 years. Following the cutover of the late 1800s, when all the virgin timber was harvested, settlers struggled to grow crops and graze cows on the stump-studded land. Wetlands were drained or filled and plowed. The land still produces a hay crop, just as it die for the family who last called this farm home.
We invite you to share the vision of helping this land heal. We have begun the long process of increasing diversity by planting native trees, shrubs, sedges, wildflowers, and grasses. This will result in increased diversity of wildlife species needing open meadow, forest, wetland, and streamside habitats.
This restoration effort has been undertaken not just for the health of the land, but to help all citizens learn to love and respect the land.
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold
The logbook must be signed, otherwise there is no proof of your success. BYOP
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This cache is placed on US Forest Service land with permission from the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center manager, Jason Maloney and in coordination with Rose Haveri, Rooms Coordinator, State of Wisconsin partnership.