Category Archives: Landowner Stories

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

A Natural Choice: Jayne Leatherman Walker Leaves a Legacy From our 2011 Fall Newsletter Long before the local foods movement swept the nation and the words sustainable agriculture infiltrated our […]

Juliet Sprouse Preserves 18 Acres in Sensitive Hatlem Creek Watershed With Conservation Easement From our 2011 Summer Newsletter One of the many things that gives Leelanau County its unique charm […]

Alan and Nancy Spinniken Farm 1 of 3 Farms to Be Preserved With $1.5 Million Grant From our 2010 Fall Newsletter When you have a gravely ill child, the term […]

Two New Projects on Cedar Lake Protect 1,690 Feet of Shoreline – Now 1/3 of the Lakeshore Has Been Forever Preserved! From our 2010 Spring Newsletter Great news for Cedar […]

Landmark 4th Generation Olsen Farm in Bohemian Valley: First 40 Acres Forever Protected From our 2010 Spring Newsletter Bill Olsen is a man of few words. But one phrase he […]

Joe’s Place: Diana Kohler Protects the Swamp Her Late Husband Loved From our 2010 Spring Newsletter There’s a sweet spot at Diana Kohler’s farm where her late husband, Joe, used […]