The City of Madison Parks Division Conservation
Section has 14 different and unique conservation parks. A
conservation park differs in how it is managed and why the land was
acquired. The goal of the conservation park is to restore native plant and
animal communities while providing education areas and opportunities for
everyone.
In the late 1960s, the City of Madison began
purchasing land in what is now Cherokee Marsh. This large and diverse
wetland needed to be preserved for future generations. Since formally
establishing a Conservation Parks Program in 1971, the City has acquired and
manages over 1600 acres of conservation parkland.
Conservation parkland is our past, present
and future. We need to preserve this land, restore it to its original
state now for future generations to have a window to our past.
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Owen Conservation Park
Prairie Ridge Conservation
Park
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