80 acres of vulnerable land along
the White River in the Town of
Delta recently went up for sale.
June 2009

Including 2000 feet of shoreline

“The last thing we all want to
see is a string of condos or
cottages along this stretch of
the White”
-Bill
Heart, Council Chair of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited, Chair
of Friends of the White River

The Bayfield Regional Conservancy,
Trout Unlimited’s Wild Rivers
Chapter, and the Friends of the
White River
are working together to buy the property
and protect it for wildlife and recreation.

Why protect the White River?

Traversing one of
Wisconsin's largest
wetlands, the 10,000
acre Bibon Marsh,
the White River is
exceptionally pristine
and diverse.

"Trout anglers often speak of the
White in almost reverent tones
because it harkens back to a day
when Wisconsin was on the
country's frontier."
- Stephen Born in Exploring Wisconsin Trout Streams

Harboring high quality aquatic
habitat, the White River’s 60 miles
of flow includes:
• 44 miles of DNR classified Outstanding or
Exceptional Resource Waters
• 20 miles of Class 1 Trout Waters.

White River Watershed’s many
habitats are home to rare and
threatened species

Some of the White River’s
many habitats include:
•Boreal Forest, •Shrub Carr,
•Tamarack Swamp, •Northern Sedge Meadow,
•Northern Wet Forest, •Emergent Marsh,
•Northern Hardwood Swamp, •Coldwater Streams,
•Alder Thicket,
•Northern Dry Forest

55 species of Conservation Concern,
18 of which are of Greatest Need for
Conservation in Wisconsin,
are found here
including…

American Martens

Water shrew
Pygmy shrew

Red-shouldered Hawks

Imperiled Songbirds
Canada warbler
Cerulean warbler
Connecticut warbler

Why these 80 acres?

They include 2000 feet of shoreline
on both sides of the River
They are on the
edge of the great
Bibon Marsh

They include highly developable,
cleared upland all the way to the River
Their 2000 feet of shoreline habitat
can be restored

They will be open for low impact
public use

They are adjacent to a Wisconsin
DNR fisheries area.
When State funds become available the
DNR intends to buy them from us.
Public access will continue.

What can you do?

Help us protect this property
now for wildlife and recreation
Friends of the
White River
The Bayfield Regional Conservancy
Protecting Land in the Lake Superior Basin and Beyond

Donate to the Bayfield Regional
Conservancy’s White River
Protection Fund
Go to www.brcland.org and click on
Donations
then email brc@brcland.org to dedicate
your gift to the White River

Those who give $5,000 and up
receive a personally guided fishing
trip to the White
with Bill Heart, Council Chair,
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited

Funds from any eventual sale to
DNR
will go into a permanent
revolving White River Fund
to protect more land along
the White.

Your gift will continue to give to the
White River

Thank you

Bayfield Regional Conservancy
Protecting Land in the
Lake Superior Basin and Beyond
www.brcland.org