![]() Alkaline dolostone helps to buffer the acid effects of rainwater and snowmelt, improving shoreline water quality. The property contains 385 feet of undeveloped Green Bay shoreline, consisting of alkaline dolostone, which creates a rocky beach ridge and wetland swale. “There are very few pieces of undeveloped shoreline along Green Bay with wetlands that provide this type of conservation impact that protects water quality, mature woodlands, and important wildlife habitat, including nesting sites for waterfowl like blue-winged teals, green herons, and sandhill cranes.” “These little pockets of land are real treasures ecologically,” she said. The County of Door Land Use Planning Department conservation study ranks this property as “high concern for protection” for a variety of factors: migratory bird habitat, an important ecological corridor coastal wetlands, natural communities and wildlife habitat bedrock beaches, landscape connectivity and movement of wildlife, surface and groundwater, and a mix of mature northern hardwoods, and wet mesic and wet cedar forests.Īccording to Terrie Cooper, Senior Land Protection Manager, the Nevins’ property holds a rich and rare combination of features. Once full-time residents of Door County, Susan, Nancy, and Lori Nevins donated property totaling 9.27 acres near the Village of Egg Harbor in memory of their conservationist parents. ![]() ![]() Two parcels of shoreline property with high ecological significance have been donated recently to the Door County Land Trust by the Nevins family’s third generation owners.
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