From our 2010 Fall Newsletter Not everyone who is born under a lucky star chooses to share its light. Not so Bill and Jane Fortune. The Indianapolis couple and longtime […]
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Spectacular Clay Cliffs Property Near Leland Proposed as Township Park
From our 2010 Summer Newsletter Fifteen years ago, the late Doug Crary told Conservancy Director Brian Price that one of the things he loved most was to drive over to […]
Conservancy Seeks Help From Property Owners Who are Planning to Build
From our 2010 Spring Newsletter “Every time I see a new driveway or house going in and we missed a chance to dig up the wildflowers there before the bulldozers […]
Love of Leelanau Leads to Plan For Steady Giving
From our 2010 Spring Newsletter Sustainer Treva DeJong has always been a planner. She is a firm believer that big things can happen if they are tackled a little bit […]
Partners in Preservation: Elmwood Township and Leelanau Conservancy Officially Co-Owners of DeYoung Natural Area on Cedar Lake
From our 2010 Spring Newsletter February 1, 2010–Last week Elmwood Township became the official owner of the lakefront portion of the DeYoung Natural Area on Cedar Lake. At the same […]
Blossom Tours 2009
Blossom Tours In 2008 and 2009 we participated in a Blossom Tour with the Leelanau Enterprise and the Leelanau Conservation District. May is a beautiful time in Leelanau because of […]
New Trail at Lighthouse West Natural Area
October 2009–On a blustery day in early October, two dozen people gathered to officially open a new hiking trail at Lighthouse West Natural Area near Northport. “This property and the […]
Conservancy Receives Community Award for Work at DeYoung Natural Area and Historic Farmstead
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter The Grand Traverse Heritage Center presented the Leelanau Conservancy with its coveted “Community Award” on September 17 for permanently protecting the agricultural landscape and historic […]
How Are Things at the Leelanau Conservancy?–2009
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter Perhaps the question I’m asked most often is the simplest and most basic: “How are things at the Conservancy?” At first it seems that there […]
Making a Commitment: Northport Teens Hold Annual Triathlon to Raise Funds for Conservancy
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter August 2009–A group of teenagers who spend part of their summer on Northport Point—29 to be exact—held their ninth annual triathlon in early August, 2009. […]
