Wilmette attorneys Charlotte Adelman, a past president of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois, and Bernard L. Schwartz have donated a 14-lot easement to the Lauderdale Lakes Conservancy in Elkhorn, Wis.

Located on the north side of North Lake in the Town of Sugar Creek, Walworth County, the 425 feet of shoreline includes a hill prairie and stands of native nut trees. Portions have been classified as primary environmental corridor by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.

This is the second time recently that Adelman and Schwartz, co-authors of “Prairie Directory of North America,” have been recognized for their contributions to the environment.

While controlled pheasant hunting by permit continues until early January in several Illinois counties, they have been active in efforts to protect the game birds' habitats.

Earlier this year, they were honored as the first married couple to become members of the Habitat Legacy Society of Pheasants Forever (PF).

Plaques commemorating their participation have been installed at four of the organization's projects, including the Sibley Pheasant Habitat Area in Ford County.

The legacy society was created to recognize individuals who have named PF as a beneficiary of wills and estate plans. Benefactors help preserve, restore and acquire land for habitats that are critical to wildlife.

Although not pheasant hunters, Schwartz and Adelman love prairies and agree that PF is interested in preservation of land for grassland species of all kinds.

“Pheasants Forever is doing all kinds of good work restoring land for a variety of wildlife and plants,” Adelman said.