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 […]
Category Archives: Land Protection
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 […]
Glen Lake/Crystal River Watershed: A Plan to Protect a Precious Resource
From our 2005 Summer Newsletter Glen Lake, framed by a dramatic rise of Sleeping Bear to the west, and surrounded by high-forested moraines to the east and south, presents one […]
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 […]
Farm Families Protect Prime Fruit Growing Locale
From our 2011 Fall Newsletter November 2011–In a world where optimism seems to be in short supply these days, it was heartening to sit down with fruit farmers Jeff and […]
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 […]
Leatherman-Walker: Bingham
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 […]
Conservancy Farmland Program Blossoming, Bearing Fruit: Three New Family Farms Slated for Preservation
From our 2011 Summer Newsletter July 2011–Standing between the rows of cherry-laden trees on the family’s historic farmstead, Blaise and Sarah Korson, with their grown children Allen and Julie and […]
