Vilas County Land and Water Conservation

04/06/2026

Are you getting as antsy for Spring in the Northwoods as we are????
Come join the Trees For Tomorrow Bioblitz day at Tara Lila LLC Ripco Road!

03/26/2026

Give your student a summer that goes beyond the classroom!
Wisconsin Land+Water Youth Education Conservation Camps are back, and spots are filling up! Middle and high schoolers will spend days exploring the outdoors, building leadership skills, and connecting with peers who share a love for great outdoors. Who knows? It might even spark a future career in conservation!
High School Camp: June 15–18 | North Lakeland Discovery Center (Manitowish Waters)
Middle School Camp: June 28–July 1 | Camp Lakotah (Wautoma)
Scholarships are available! Register today at https://wisconsinlandwater.org/camps

What does a day at Conservation Camp look like?

☀️ Morning adventures outside
🌿 Hands-on conservation activities
🧭 Exploring and learning new skills
🔥 Eveningsspent laughing around the campfire

It’s the kind of summer experience kids remember for years.

Join us this summer: https://wisconsinlandwater.org/camps

03/26/2026

AIS managers gearing up for the 2026 field season!

03/26/2026

Looking for some volunteer opportunites?

03/26/2026

Looking for tree seedlings. It's time for the Trees For Tomorrow sale!

Seedling Sales are LIVE on our website!
Today's species spotlight features the White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)!
When we teach tree ID as part of our SOLE curriculum, cedars are one of the easiest trees for students to learn how to ID. Their fan-like needles are so distinct that it puts them at the top of the dichotomous key!
To the Anishinaabe people this tree was known as Giizhikaandag. Due to its buoyancy and rot resistant nature, it was often used to add in making the frame for birchbark canoes.

Visit our website to order your white cedars today! https://treesfortomorrow.com/Tree-Seedlings/

03/19/2026

Seedling Sales are LIVE on our website!
Today on our Species Spotlight, we're featuring the White Spruce (Picea glauca)!
Tree ID might be a SOLE class here on our campus- learning to identify trees with a dichotomous key- but we also incorporate basic ID into many of our field experiences.
Here's a little Tree ID for you!
Did you know that not all conifer trees are pines? Most people just say "pine tree" when looking at our local conifers, but there are actually many types of trees with needles! At TFT we teach our students "firs are flat and friendly, spruces are square and spikey, and pine trees have ponytails". This means that spruce trees have single needles, not in a bundle, and if you take one from a branch you can roll it between your fingers due to it's square structure. Spruce tree needles are also much sharper than fir needles earning them the title "spikey"
Visit our website to order your white spruces today! https://treesfortomorrow.com/Tree-Seedlings/

03/19/2026

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month💚

This May, Vilas Coalition on Activity and Nutrition will be holding its first Tick Free Trek, to provide education on tickborne illness and how to enjoy the outdoors safely!

What to know:

📅Saturday, May 16th
📍Section 9 Road Park, Eagle River
⏰There will be 2 sessions, 9 - 11 AM or 12 - 2 PM
🐾Well behaved dogs and strollers are welcome!
🏆All will have a chance to win raffle prizes!

03/17/2026

On March 24th Delaney Darton will give her award-winning Youth Conservation Speech about Wild Rice at the Vilas County Board Meeting! Delaney is a local home-schooled 6th grader who won 2nd place with this speech competing against several other students in North Central WI!

Delaney also won FIRST place in the Youth Conservation Poster Contest at the state level and will represent WI at the national competition! (Poster below). Awesome work Delaney!

The Vilas County Board meeting will be 9am on March 24th at the Vilas County Courthouse at 330 Court St, Eagle River!

03/17/2026

Do you know a middle/high schooler in Vilas or Oneida Counties who would like to attend Conservation Camp this summer? We have scholarships available!!