Big Picture People Michael Chetcuti’s first memory of Northport is boating into the harbor with some buddies on a 4th of July weekend in the late eighties. After wandering around […]
Category Archives: Land Protection
Great News for Grand Traverse Bay and Clean Water
Great News For Grand Traverse Bay and Clean Water The Leelanau Conservancy is happy to announce that it has been awarded a $452,877 grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality […]
Crane Sisters Protect 715 Feet of Shoreline Along Beloved Lake Leelanau
Cherished Family Memories on Lake Leelanau The Crane sisters’ childhood memories of summers spent on Lake Leelanau are as crystal clear as the lake itself. The minute school let out, […]
Eitzen Family Preserves Land and Legacy of Farming
Eitzen Family Preserves Land and Legacy of Farming When it comes to the history of Leelanau County, one family’s story—that of the Eitzens—is about as intertwined as it gets. The […]
New “Farmer to Farmer” Website Helps Farmers Find Land, Employees, Work
New Farmer to Farmer Website Up and Running A new program provides matchmaking for farmers. “Farmer to Farmer” will connect buyers and sellers as well as lessors and lessees of […]
Leelanau Conservancy Farmland Preservation Efforts Earn Kudos
Saving Land Magazine, a publication of the Land Trust Alliance, talks about the state of farmland conservation, the Farm Bill, and the role the Leelanau Conservancy has played. From its […]
Swanson Farm: One Year Later
From our 2012 Summer Newsletter The old wooden flats Sonny Swanson used to start his seeds in for decades found new life this spring. Ben Brown, the young farmer who […]
Omena Bay Land Donation Will Help Fund Future Land Protection Projects
“The Pleasure of Knowing We Have Done Our Part” Dr. Rosemary Berardi and Dr. Carolyn Zaleon have done an amazing and selfless thing. They have donated a beloved piece of […]
Promise Keepers: McManus Farm Preserved
Promise Keepers Thirty six years ago, Mike and Janet McManus made a promise. They were about to purchase Karl Kiessel’s farm along Eagle Highway—an ideal fruit-growing site overlooking Lake Michigan. […]
McManus: Promise Keepers
Thirty six years ago, Mike and Janet McManus made a promise. They were about to purchase Karl Kiessel’s farm along Eagle Highway—an ideal fruit-growing site overlooking Lake Michigan. “Karl was […]
