PROTECTING OPEN LANDS AND BUILDING COMMUNITY AWARENESS FOR LAND PROTECTION AND SOUND LAND STEWARDSHIP THROUGHOUT WALWORTH COUNTY AS FOLLOWS: 1) KMLT OWNS AND MAINTAINS NATURE PRESERVES. 2)KMLT HOLDS AND MONITORS PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WITH LANDOWNERS WHO HAVE AGREED TO PROTECT NATURAL AREAS. 3) KMLT OFFERS BIODIVERSITY PROGRAMS TO LAND OWNERS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO PROVIDE SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES ON THEIR PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY. 4) KMLT REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CENTERED ON PRESERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDING HANDS ON EDUCATION TO VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.