Private - Public Partnerships

Sand County Foundation prides itself on facilitating the collaboration of private and public entities to tackle ecological issues. Below are some of the Foundation's on-going projects and success stories that resulted from the creation of these effective partnerships.

Floodplain Rehabilitation

Sand County Foundation focuses on building private-public partnerships that produce scientifically sound and voluntary approaches to one of the nation’s most severe and growing problems: Inappropriate and unsafe structures that impede river floodplain function. Here is the Foundation's analysis of the 2008 Wisconsin River and Baraboo River floods.

Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Restoration

Sand County Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have united to help private landowners improve habitat for the endangered Karner blue butterfly.

America's Inner Coast Summit

Sand County Foundation's Bradley Fund for the Environment co-sponsored the America's Inner Coast Summit, which addressed issues related to the sustainability of the Mississippi River watershed.

Baraboo River Restoration

Sand County Foundation and multiple partners made history in 2001. With critical funding from the Bradley Fund for the Environment, Sand County Foundation and public and private sector partners completed a 6-year dam removal effort that resulted in the Baraboo River running unimpeded for the first time in 150 years.