Aerial photo of Kellner Fen Natural Area (Photo courtesy of Jeff Lutsey/Door County Land Trust)
(WTAQ-WLUK) — A small land acquisition is expected to make a big difference in preserving a fen in Door County.
The Door County Land Trust now protects a four-acre parcel just north of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal near the Lake Michigan shoreline.
This acquisition fills a vital gap in the Land Trust’s conservation project area surrounding Kellner Fen—an embayment wetland shaped by glacial meltwater which, over thousands of years, created a ridge-and-swale landscape that now separates the fen from the lake.
With support from grants and generous donors, this rare freshwater ecosystem will be permanently protected and carefully stewarded to remain wild and intact.
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