Three Augusts have passed since my partner Joe and I purchased the Buffum Farm off of French Road, which was protected by a conservation easement by the Leelanau Conservancy in […]
Category Archives: Landowner Stories
Noonan (Glen) Protects 506 Acres of Beloved Family Lands
From our 2012 Spring Newsletter February 2012-When I first moved to Leelanau County 25 years ago, one of the names I kept seeing in the newspaper was Glen Noonan’s. At […]
Stanton Farm–Centerville Township
Superior Stanton Fruit Land Forever Protected It’s a brilliant September day as I climb into Terry Stanton’s Jeep, vibrating outside the office. We are headed out to see the farmland […]
Stanek Farm–Bingham
PRESERVATION MEANS BUSINESS FOR STANEK FARMERS July 2002–For those who take the back roads into the county, the rolling orchards of the Stanek Farm along County Road 633 have long […]
Millers: Lake Leelanau Watershed
Millers Donate Conservation Easements on 120 Acres to Protect Lake Leelanau Watershed From our Spring 2005 Newsletter When Bob and Eleanor Miller bought their 160 acres in Centerville Township back […]
McInnis: North of Northport
A Wild Idea: Doug and Ann McInnis Believe in Wildlife Corridors From our Fall 2002 Newsletter The phrase “wildlife corridor” doesn’t mean much to a red-shouldered hawk. What does is […]
Charter Bird Sanctuary: Omena
Fall, 2004 For the Love of Birds! Conservation Easement Protects Charter Sanctuary, Site Is Adjacent to Saving Birds Thru Habitat in Omena One need only read the first chapter of […]
Carlson/Price: Lake Leelanau Watershed
Lake Leelanau Watershed Initiative Preserves 2 More Parcels: Total of 316 Acres Protected In Phase II All Together! This fall, the Leelanau Conservancy completed a very successful three-year grant project […]
Ansorge: Solon Swamp
The Solon Swamp: 80 More Acres Protected “This just feels like the right thing to do,” is what Anthony and Susan Ansorge said when they sold 80 acres of prime […]
Send & Emeott: Center Hwy
Send and Emeott Families Protect Prime Fruit – Growing Lands on Center Highway From our 2011 Fall Newsletter In a world where optimism seems to be in short supply these […]