Our funding will support the conversion of 6.7 acres of agricultural fields into highly diverse native prairie.  This project would be conducted in the newly created Stoney Creek Natural Area. Stoney Creek is the largest river in Door County and supports one of the largest Salmon spawning populations in Wisconsin. The stream also supports Brook Trout, although populations have declined due to heavy agricultural use in the upper watershed. Despite being identified in several reports as one of the most important ecological sites on the coast of Lake Michigan, the entire 13-mile stream corridor has been in private ownership. Last year Door County Land Trust was able to secure 40 acres and half a mile of stream corridor in the watershed. This project would be the first step in restoring the watershed and bringing Stony Creek back to the fishery that it once was.