December 2022 Updates - Keweenaw Land Project
Keweenaw Land Project Updates
Greetings!
We are pleased to share a few announcements with our community about the recent purchase by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of more than 31,000 acres of land located in Keweenaw county.
[Read the October press release about the land purchase here.]
A local planning committee, assembled to assist with the transition of the lands from TNC to local ownership and management, has had a few changes. The planning committee will be adding representatives so that all five Keweenaw County townships are represented: Grant, Eagle, Houghton, Allouez, and Sherman. The committee will resume their work together in January 2023 for their second in-person session.
A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 25th, at 6:00 pm EST, at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge where representatives from TNC and the DNR will be answering questions regarding the land acquisition and the overall project. We invite you to join in to learn more and have your questions answered!
The session will be recorded and made available after the meeting, for those unable to join in person.
Click here for a copy of the informational flyer.
JOB ALERT
The Nature Conservancy is actively hiring a Project Manager to support the Keweenaw land project. They will represent TNC in this region, guided by the organization’s values, conservation priorities, and collaborative approach to partnership.
The Manager will play a lead role in defining long-term science-based conservation strategies and develop key partnerships with public and private organizations to identify and resolve technical and land-use issues and facilitate and widely communicate solutions and best practices. They will develop innovative methods, analyses, tools, and frameworks to address the natural system needs, engage local community support for local conservation efforts, and negotiate complex and innovative solutions with government agencies and landowners to conserve and protect natural communities.
To learn more about this position, please check out the details here.
The new deadline for this application is January 6, 2023.
