Workbees
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Goats, Garlic Mustard, and Great Volunteers (Oh My!)
You heard that right, goats! An army of rent-a-goats will vacation at Clay Cliffs Natural Area starting in May, “conservation grazing” on the densest infestation of garlic mustard known to our properties along M-22. Garlic mustard is an invasive species that crowds out native plants, and could threaten the many beautiful wildflowers like the pink […]
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Invaders! Combating the Spread of Garlic Mustard
Thank you to our friends at NatureChange.org for putting together this video on invasive garlic mustard at our Natural Areas and around the County. Visit the original article here. This is a story about people facing down an overwhelming invader. Who will win the war is not certain, but the battle against Garlic Mustard has […]
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Volunteering—One Volunteer’s Story
Every summer my family and I drive up from Florida to spend two weeks with my husband’s parents at their cottage on Lake Leelanau. Over 20 summers in Leland, the Leelanau Peninsula has remained one of the most beautiful areas I have ever visited, in large part because so much of the land is being […]
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Restoration Work Begins at DeYoung Natural Area
From our 2007 Fall Newsletter Usually, folks at Leelanau Conservancy aren’t fond of seeing bulldozers in beautiful places. But in the case of the DeYoung Natural Area on Cedar Lake, the dozers will be a welcome sight this week. The activity is part of an ongoing effort to bring back a healthy, native landscape at […]
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Volunteers Go to Great Lengths For Whaleback
Volunteers who were sure-footed, strong-backed, cooperative and experienced in transplanting native species came out eager to protect the bluff at Whaleback Natural Area in early October, 2005. The beautiful trees surrounding the observation deck were at risk because of use of the bluff as an access down to the beach. Our goal was to stop […]
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