TheStichting De Fryske Mole (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈstɪxtɪŋdəˈfriskəˈmoːlə];West Frisian:Stifting De Fryske Mole[ˈstɪftɪŋdəˈfriskəˈmoːlə]; English:Frisian Mills Foundation) is a foundation for the preservation ofwindmills in theDutch provinceFriesland, owning 42 of the 124 windmills in Friesland and closely co-operating with theGild Fryske Mounders with which it publishes a quarterly magazine,De Utskoat.[1] TheStichting De Fryske Mole was founded in December 1970 to preserve those mills that were otherwise difficult to save. Consequently, all of the foundation's mills are drainage mills often standing in remote locations where there are no other parties interested in or able to pay for restoration and maintenance.[2]