Groundswell Conservancy, located in Madison, Wisconsin, is a land trust and nonprofit, community-based organization that conserves land by permanently protecting it— primarily through the purchase or acceptance of donations of land or conservation easements. The grant from the Oberweiler Foundation will fund better access to Westport Prairie Preserve in southeastern Wisconsin, including signage, parking and trails. Over the past three years, Groundswell Conservancy has worked to stabilize the fragile habitat at Westport Prairie, a portion of the historic Empire Prairie which was formed by glaciers and hurt by farming, development and ecological succession.