Category Archives: Landowner Stories

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 […]

Natural Partners: Van Zoerens Preserve 30 Acres Near Glen Lake From our 2009 Summer Newsletter Tom and Alice Van Zoeren are the kind of people who work at preserving things […]