Highway 40 , New Auburn, WI 54757(Chippewa County)

This property is a beautiful example of Mother Nature’s paintbrush and must look exactly like our forefathers found when they settled this region in the late 1800’s. There are natural edges created by hardwood forests nestled up next to natural prairie which teems with forbs, insects, native grasses and soft mast fruits. When the glaciers came through this region some 10,000 years ago, they scooped out thousands of small pockets of earth forming Kettle Moraine ponds that now team with ducks, invertebrates and frogs, not to mention habitat for beaver, muskrat and deer. I witnessed many deer trails winding around the natural funnels and skinny pinches formed by the kettles and along the inter-wood hogbacks. There is a great age class mix of timber as well. Lastly, there is a great inter-woods trail system for hiking, biking, horseback riding, etc. The owner put the land into a conservation easement to forever protect it from the bulldozer and plow. She is willing to hold owner financing and realizes she needs a special buyer to take care of the land forever so is willing to work out a deal to purchase. This is an excellent opportunity for a first-time land buyer to enter into property ownership for very little upfront, or for a conservation-minded group to add to the habitat protection program they currently support.

Property Features:

- Beautiful mixed woods and Kettle Moraine wetlands interspersed among woods and prairie

- Enrolled in a Conservation Easement with the Western Wisconsin Land Trust

- Kettle Moraine ponds in the woods break up the topography and form natural funnels to hunt

- Nice trail system throughout the property for horses or walking in the summer, snow shoeing or skiing in the winter

- Across the road from a 58-acre buffer strip also enrolled in a conservation program allowing public access

- Approximately 45 minutes from Chippewa Falls, 1 hour 30 minute drive to Minneapolis/St. Paul