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Dane County Conservation League

Tom Klingbiel

608-575-0295
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THE PAST....
Individuals, who were interested in maintaining and enhancing habit for wildlife and fisheries in Dane County, organized the Dane County Conservation League (DCCL) in 1933.

The DCCL leased the first public hunting ground in Wisconsin, the Deansville Marsh, often thought to be the first in the nation.
Purchased Castle Marsh (Warner Park Lagoons) for fish spawning grounds.
Purchased 4300 acres in Central WI for development of Prairie Chicken habitat.
Worked for development of the Cherokee Marsh Waterfowl Refuge and Spawning Grounds.
Worked to improve the Maunesha River near Marshall and the Sugar River near Belleville.
Worked for public access to Fish Lake.
Contributed to assist in the rehabilitation project at Baskerville Harbor in Lake Monona.
Owned parcels in Token Creek including trout ponds & springs. Operated the facilities as a trout hatchery.
Negotiated with landowners 20-year leases for public access to numerous trout streams in Dane County.
Planted 2,000,000 trees/shrubs over the past six decades.
Initiated the Madison Schools Summer Youth Conservation Program.
Charter member of Wisconsin’s Conservation Hall of Fame. Two members, Paul Olson & Gov. Knowles, are inductees


THE PRESENT....
The DCCL continues to serve as one of Wisconsin’s oldest volunteer nonprofit organizations dedicated to the mission of conservation.

Members of today’s Dane County Conservation League:

Raise Manchurian pheasants and Bob-white quail at our farm
Participate in the Annual Fishing Expo
Work on watershed and habitat improvement projects:
Construct nesting structures for wood ducks, bluebirds, bats and wrens
Distribute and plant trees
Sponsor DNR Hunter Safety courses
Fund scholarships for high school and college students for environmental education
Hold annual banquet, raffles, golf outings
Skeet and trap shoot
Hold six membership meetings the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm. To discuss conservation issues at the VFW Hall, 133 E. Lakeside St. (off John Nolen drive), in Madison
Award a Conservationist of the Year Award
Building lunkers and stream bank restoration with the Upper Sugar River Watershed Association.
Manage with the DNR the DCCL-owned 4300 acres of habitat restoration area
Purchased Castle Marsh (Warner Park Lagoons) for fish spawning grounds.
Purchased 4300 acres in Central WI for development of Prairie Chicken habitat