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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources finalized a land acquisition this spring, adding roughly 100 acres to Devil’s Lake State Park.
Thanks to a 2025 purchase by The Conservation Fund and subsequent purchase by the DNR through the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, the land will now be permanently protected from future development…