We welcome all who believe in diversity, equity, belonging and environmental justice –
who strive to embody these and similar ideals in words, votes and actions.
ABOUT US
Everywhere, land has a story. We seek always to understand that story, and weave it into an engaging journey toward an ecologically healthy future.
We offer Landscape Architecture, Landscape Restoration Planning and Design, Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship in the upper Midwest. We serve land trusts, educational institutions, and private landowners. Typical projects include long-term engagements using a hands-on approach on lands of 5 to 500 acres, providing assistance in analyzing current ecological conditions, defining desired goals, and designing step-wise and adaptive implementations. We work to connect people with nature to the sustained benefit of both.
Nancy M. Aten,
PLA, CERP, Landscape Architect
Dan Collins, PE,
Program Manager and Restoration Consultant
ANOTHER PASSION
In 2021, we founded the Land Restoration School, an educational immersion in land restoration.
Summer 2022 was a wildly successful inaugural year, with a cohort of seven inspiring “big seeds” completing the LRS.
In summer 2023, The Land Restoration School was hosted by and in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station at Cedarburg Bog. This renowned Field Station is located within the largest intact wetland complex in southeastern Wisconsin. It contains a range of habitats including upland glacial landscapes from oldfield to forest, several kinds of wetlands, and deep and shallow bog lakes. The LRS also partnered with the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust for guest faculty, for additional nearby field sites for field learning and restoration planning, and with our friends at Cream City Conservation & Consulting.
Earth Day 2023: Listen to our story on WUWM Lake Effect public radio.
Summer 2024 and 2025 advance the vision. With partners including Mequon Nature Preserve, Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, and Nearby Nature MKE, we are continuing memorable collaborative learning experiences.
Check out LRS alumni and their work!
Do you have a project needing an ecological restorationist? Check out the LRS Hire Us page, read more about the LRS alumni and email us for more information.
2024 Land Restoration School visual overview
2023 Land Restoration School visual overview
2022 Land Restoration School visual overview
DAYS TIL FROGS:
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 25-27, 2025. Society for Ecological Restoration-Midwest Great Lakes 16th Annual Conference in Moline, IL.
RECENT EVENTS
January, 2025. Co-presented Society for Ecological Restoration webinar. “The Venn diagram of ecological restoration and landscape architecture embodies a large overlap, particularly in the engagement of people with place... In this webinar, each share how their work intertwines both fields, illustrated by project examples… They expand on the value of CERP certification to their work; and how the SER community inspires and enables their common vision of re-establishing an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.”
February 24-26, 2024. Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s 2025 Wetland Science Conference in La Crosse. A highlight was the documentary, An Invitation to Wonder, about the Waubesa wetlands.
