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Job Opportunity: Summer Communications Intern
Posted May 13, 2013: Summer Communications Internship College students looking to gain some valuable resume-building experience working for a successful non-profit may apply for a full-time summer intern position with the Leelanau Conservancy. This is a fast-paced, multi-tasking position and the intern will be given a lot of responsibility right away. In years past our [...]
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Maps of Leelanau Conservancy Protected Lands: 2012
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Clay Cliffs: We Did It!
Dear Friends WE DID IT!!! THANKS TO YOU, WE HAVE MET OUR GOAL FOR CLAY CLIFFS! It has been so exciting to feel your overwhelming support and to know that we are now in the position to protect this spectacular property for all time. Clay Cliffs seems to have touched people from throughout the peninsula [...]
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Leelanau Enterprise Lauds Clay Cliffs Project
The Leelanau Enterprise, Thursday, December 8, 2012 Crary Property a Miracle Present You won’t find a working oil well in Leelanau County, but you will find many of the benefits of petroleum extraction. Twelve benefits, to be exact. That’s the number of projects funded by the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund here since 1976. The [...]
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Gregory Family & Cherry Bay Orchards Protect Farmland
Above: Emily and Mark Miezio with Sam and baby Amelia; the land that has been preserved Gregorys and Cherry Bay Orchards: Two Generations’ Love for the Land The year was 2005. Emily Gregory and Mark Miezio had been dating for just about four months. They were living in Chicago where Mark consulted as a civil [...]
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Leelanau Conservancy Announces Challenge Grant in Final Push for Clay Cliffs Natural Area Project
A generous family, who wishes to remain anonymous, has pledged to match all donations to the Clay Cliffs project from now until the end of the year—up to $200,000. “We’re very excited about this incredible opportunity,” says Conservancy Director Brian Price. “Maximizing this match would really help us to near the finish line.” “We can’t [...]
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Leelanau Conservancy Receives Top Award from Land Trust Alliance
September 30, 2012 Your Leelanau Conservancy – along with the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy – won the Land Trust Alliance’s Land Trust Excellence award tonight. Here are board chair John Erb (left) and Executive Director Brian Price with the award. The two organizations were chosen from 1,700 land trusts in the nation to receive [...]
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Conservancy Partners with Three Families Again for New Farmland Protection
From our 2012 Summer Newsletter For the third year running, the Leelanau Conservancy has partnered with three farm families to successfully apply for funding to conserve their farms. With the help of more than $1.1 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP), these family farms, totaling 383 acres [...]
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List of Landowner Stories
Ansorge: Solon Swamp Bardenhagen Farms: East Leland Bartle/Spaulding: Lake Leelanau WS Berkshire-Sprouse: Glen Lake Area Bronwyn Jones: Chippewa Run Buffum: near Cedar Carlson/Price: Lake Leelanau Waterhshed Casier Farm: Empire Charter Bird Sanctuary: Omena Dean Family: Glen Lake Watershed Dlugopolski: Northport Empire Valley, Anonymous Force: Lake Leelanau Watershed Goudschaal: Near Leland Goss: Cedar Lake Grossnickle 45 [...]
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Call for Summer Volunteers
Call for Summer Volunteers We could not be nearly as successful without the help of our many volunteers. Meet great people who love Leelanau just as much as you do and help make a difference by donating a few hours of your time. We have jobs aplenty…read on! Picnic Volunteers (Thursday, August 2nd). Please note: [...]
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