Dendroyka is the company behind Landscape, a software platform that supports land stewardship and conservation management. Landscape is used by nonprofit land trusts, international conservation organizations, government agencies, private companies, and universities. After starting as a small LLC, Dendroyka converted to a worker cooperative with four employees in 2025. They received a Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Cooperative Development Grant along with support from ICA Group and the UW Center for Cooperatives (UWCC). ICA Group assessed the feasibility of the conversion and structured the sale of the LLC to the new cooperative. UWCC supported the conversion by helping draft articles of incorporation, bylaws, and a membership agreement, and by providing governance training and mission/vision/values facilitation. Dendroyka also received legal assistance from co-op attorney West Foster.
We are thrilled to welcome Dendroyka as Wisconsin’s newest worker cooperative. With deep experience in land preservation and stewardship, the team has created a powerful and innovative web and mobile application used by conservation professionals across the country.
The group has been a pleasure to work with and are passionate about what they do. Why “Dendroyka?” Founder Caleb Pourchot, who describes himself as a recovering bird lister (someone who keeps detailed, organized records of every bird species they have seen or heard) chose a phonetic spin on Dendroica, a now-retired genus of wood warblers (e.g., Dendroica fusca) familiar only to those with older field guides.