Category Archives: Landowner Stories

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 […]

Claudia’s Big Picture Perspective From our 2010 Spring Newsletter Claudia Goudschaal left quite a legacy behind when she passed away in November. “She was a person who was very visible […]

Dean Family Protects Land in Crystal River/Glen Lake Watershed From our 2010 Spring Newsletter Howard Dean has been spending summers on Glen Lake since 1937, the year he was born. […]

66-Acre Dlugopolski Cherished Family Lands Near Northport Preserved Through Conservation Easement From our 2009 Fall Newsletter A family’s reverence for a 66-acre tract of land north of the village of […]

Jeannette Hunt Protects Her Sensitive Land Along Northport Creek With a Conservation Agreement From our 2009 Fall Newsletter When our Director of Land Protection, Matt Heiman, returned after his first […]