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Victory Woods lot donated for preservation |
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The Lake Erie Islands Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging conservation and protection of natural and agricultural lands in the Lake Erie Islands.
As you are aware, with increased development, natural areas and wildlife habitat are disappearing at an alarming rate.
For hundreds of years, not only has “Victory Woods” provided habitat for a multitude of wildlife but also has offered resting areas for the thousands of birds who sojourn through the Islands each spring and fall.
In 2008, our first lot in Victory Woods was donated to the Lake Erie Islands Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy, and this lot will be protected in perpetuity as a natural area.
If you would be interested in donating your lot to the Lake Erie Islands Chapter and providing a lasting legacy to future generations, we would be most eager to talk with you. We would be interested in bargain sales or purchasing lots as well. Donations or pledges of funds toward purchasing other lots in the Woods would also be accepted and earmarked for this project. We also offer conservation easements-where ownership of the lot is maintained but the property is preserved in a natural state.
Your financial advisor or tax consultant can inform you of the benefits of a property donation or conservation easement to the Lake Erie Islands Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy, a nonprofit 501 (3) c organization. |
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Stories Needed for the Wild Islands Cookbook |
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The LEIC-BSC and the LEIHS are banding together to publish a cookbook highlighting the stories and foods of the Lake Erie Islands. Each section of the book will include recipes for foods that have been found or traditionally grown on the islands with stories and photos of the people who made them. |
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Adopt a garden for 2009 at LEINWC |
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Joey Wulkwicz was a talented gardener. Stan and his parents did a lot of planting over the years at the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center site. Now that the LEIHS and LEIC-BSC are the proud owners of the new center, we must ensure that we maintain this treasure. |
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Jane Coates Wildflower Trail Addition Now a Realty! |
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Jane Coates Wildflower Trail Addition Now a Realty! On September 28, 2009, it was announced that the Put-in-Bay Township Park District was awarded a NatureWorks grant in the amount of $17, 948. This completed the 25% matching funds required for the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund Grant awarded for the project in 2008. A commemorative bench will be placed in the trail addition area next spring or early summer with a dedication ceremony. The dedication date will be announced in our spring newsletter and the Put-in-Bay Gazette. The following donors of $1,000 or more to the LEIC-BSC or the Park District will be named on the bench: Clean Ohio Conservation Fund, NatureWorks, Vacationland Aerie # 444 Inc., Fraternal Order of Eagles from Sandusky, First Energy Foundation, Thomas and Mary Katzenmeyer, Frost-Parker Foundation, and Randolph J. and Estelle M. Dorn Foundation. All donors, members, and the public will be invited to the celebration. This is another two acres of wildflowers and woods for all to enjoy. Thanks to all who made this project possible. Funds from a private donor and a Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grant in November 2007 allowed the Lake Erie Islands Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy to purchase three acres of woods adjacent to the Ladd Carr Wildlife Woods. The Jane Coates Wildflower Trail links the two properties. The Conservancy thanks land owners John and Debbie Woischke and Nettie La Plante for their cooperation and patience through the grant and acquisition process. Mrs. La Plante’s late husband, Harvey, always enjoyed the woods around their home and often enjoyed walking through them. “We are so pleased the LEIC-BSC has purchased a portion of the woods so that it won’t be developed,” Mrs. LaPlante said. John Woischke also enjoys walking in the woods and is always puttering on his wooded property. He said he also is happy to see a portion kept as woods. The Trail area is wooded with a mix of Sugar Maple, Blue Ash, Basswood, Black Cherry, and Common Hackberry. Wildflowers like Dutchman’s Breeches, Jack in the Pulpit and Blue Phlox are present in the spring. It is a great place to watch birds, enjoy wildlife, and walk in the woods. Jane Coates, a well known former island artist, was well known for her love of the island and especially its wild areas. |
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Work underway on Jane's Trail |
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Funds from a private donor and a Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grant in November 2007 allowed the Lake Erie Islands Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy to close on the last piece of property to begin work on Jane’s Trail. |
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