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25 Things You Can Do to Protect Water Quality
25 Things You Can do To Improve and Maintain Water Quality At our May 5 “Water and the Future of the Great Lakes” Speaker Series program, many who attended desired […]
From the Director: Looking Ahead to the Next 25 Years
In January nearly 100 members of the Leelanau Conservancy Sustainers Circle gathered at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. The topic for our program was a brief retrospective of our first […]
Leelanau State Park Expansion: For the Birds!
Watching for Eagles This winter my husband, Dave, and I noticed several cars coming and going at the end of our road. We live along M-22 in LeelanauTownship, just south […]
Two Families Continue the Tradition of Farming at DeYoung Natural Area
For five years, Samantha put her heart into a piece of land, establishing and growing an orchard using the innovative methods of permaculture. When life circumstances required her to leave […]

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 […]

Leelanau Enterprise Lauds Clay Cliffs Project
The Leelanau Enterprise, Thursday, December 8, 2011 Crary Property a Miracle Present You won’t find a working oil well in Leelanau County, but you will find many of the benefits […]
One Word Leelanau Video
One Word Leelanau What is your ONE WORD for Leelanau? Here’s what some folks had to say… One Word Leelanau from Petersen Productions on Vimeo.
Video–Water and the Future of the Great Lakes Speaker Series
Water and the Future of the Great Lakes: Your Questions Answered We are pleased to be able to share the keynote presentations from our first speaker event! Click on the […]

Clay Cliffs Project Awarded Up to $2.9M
From our 2012 Spring Newsletter December 2011–The spectacular Clay Cliffs property, with its 1,700 feet of shoreline on both Lake Michigan and North Lake Leelanau, is two steps closer to […]