Will und Liselott Masgeik-Stiftung für Natur- und Landschaftsschutz

The Will and Liselott Masgeik Foundation for Nature and Landscape Conservation is a private foundation established in 1992, based in Molsberg in the Westerwald region. It owns approximately 18 hectares of protected areas, including the nature reserve "Hartenberg/Steincheswiese" with the Molsberg Nature Conservation Station. The foundation manages and develops its own areas, documents population changes in trees, shrubs, flowering plants, dragonflies, grasshoppers, butterflies, and birds through long-term monitoring, and conducts scientific surveys—among others on wildcats, woodpeckers, swallows, as well as amphibians and reptiles—throughout the entire Westerwald. Furthermore, it cooperates closely with universities, supervises internships and theses, collaborates with conservation organizations and authorities, and offers an extensive training and event program for various target groups.

According to § 2 of its statutes, the Will and Liselott Masgeik Foundation aims to preserve, maintain, and acquire nature and landscape conservation areas in the Rhineland-Palatinate part of the Westerwald. It protects and promotes the flora and fauna under its ownership, conducts its own scientific research, teaching, and supervision projects, and supports as well as finances measures by other organizations in nature and landscape conservation.

The foundation's funding and educational programs are aimed at schools, young people, multipliers such as educators, teachers, and nature and landscape guides, as well as professionals from forestry and environmental authorities. Furthermore, the foundation addresses scientific institutions, students and interns, nature conservation associations, local municipalities, and an interested public who wish to participate in excursions, lectures, and practical nature conservation activities.