Location: Waupaca County

Area protected: 80 acres

Protection strategy: Conservation Easement

This 90 acre conservancy is one of four contiguous conservancies totaling over 285 acres located near the southern end of the Chain O' Lakes in Waupaca, and surrounded by Emmons Creek State Fishery, Radley Creek State Fishery, and Hartman Creek State Park, including the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.

 Unique characteristics include:

• Hilly topography and scattered boulders are representative of glacial activity
• Highly erodible Kennan bouldery soils will be left undeveloped for groundwater protection and soil erosion prevention
• 50 acres of regenerated, healthy Northern Dry Mesic Forest
• The conservancy straddles a groundwater divide recharge area for a Class I Trout Stream