For the Love of the Land: 40 Acres Preserved in the Lake Leelanau Watershed From our 2007 Spring Newsletter As communications director, one of the best parts of my job […]
Category Archives: Land Protection
Conservancy Partners with Suttons Bay Township to Create the 45th Parallel Park
From our 2007 Summer Newsletter It’s official. Suttons Bay Township and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) have a new jointly-owned park. MDOT owns the four-acre waterfront strip of land […]
MacKenzie: Hatlem Creek Area
A Passion for Glen Lake: 20 Acres Preserved in the Critical Hatlem Creek Area From our 2007 Spring Newsletter “Glen Lake is a huge part of my identity,” says Robert […]
Duck Lake Corners Forever Preserved
From our 2006 Summer Newsletter The place known today as Duck Lake Corner has forever been preserved through purchase of a conservation easement. This junction, where M-22 and M-204 converge […]
Sanborn: Birch Point
Local Heroes: Sanborn Family Protects 43 Acres in Lake Leelanau Watershed From our Fall 2005 Newsletter There’s an ancient hemlock on the Sanborn/Robinson property that, some years back, brothers Will […]
Bartle/Spaulding: Lake Leelanau WS
A Powerful Tool by Holly Wren Spaulding, Land Owner From our 2005 Fall Newsletter In 1999, my partner, Robert Bartle, and I were missing good air and our beloved lakeshore […]
Newton Farm: near Gills Pier
Newton Family Protects a Farm With an Incredible View From our 2005 Spring Newsletter Take a couple of conservation-minded landowners, partner them with the Leelanau Conservancy, add member-supported and federal […]
Crystal River Forever Preserved
From our Fall 2005 Newsletter The journey to preserve the beloved Crystal River near Glen Arbor is over. In mid-October, 2005, federal funds appropriated for the river’s transfer into the […]
Theiss: Glen Lake Hillside
The Theiss Easement Protects a Glen Lake Hillside From our Spring 2004 Newsletter A scenic hillside near Glen Lake and the birthplace of skiing in Leelanau County has been forever […]
Buffum: near Cedar
The Buffum Easement Protects the Family’s Hunting Lands From our Fall 2003 Newsletter Dennis Buffum’s 80-acre slice of tranquility lies out Cedar-way, past the dairy barns and the Centerville Township […]
