Preserved for posterity
Seno Conservancy offers natural respite, educational programs by Sandra Landen Machaj
Racine counties to protect land in its natural state for the benefit of It is the beauty of nature – the people and nature. They do this by protecting land in perpetuity green grasses, multi-colored from development. flowers, the beautiful canopy of “In addition to protecting trees, and the unique wildlife that the land from development, the brings many outdoors. Seno K/RLT Conservancy also Away from the hustle and produces a variety of outreach bustle of developed lands we programs many of them with often seek refuge in the open lands when possible. Who doesn’t the Kenosha Parks Alliance and Southport Park,” said Stacy enjoy a day hiking through Santiago, Executive Director of forests, breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the beauty of nature Seno K/RLT Conservancy. Before it became the and especially the magnificent conservancy, Dr. Elvira Seno canopies of the trees towering established a tree farm on her overhead? late 1880s farmstead of 127 The Seno K/RLT acres. She wanted the land to Conservancy, on Highway P be maintained as accessible and south of Burlington, is a nonused for an education center profit land conservation agency that serves both Kenosha and • CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 CORRESPONDENT
top: The Tamarack Marsh at Seno Woodland Management Center. left: Emmaus Neighborhood Camp students inspect fresh water critters during a Discovering Nature outreach program. COURTESY OF SENO K/RLT Spirit of Geneva Lakes
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