The ecological powerhouse that is our Cedar River Preserve got bigger this year with the completion of two projects. Why does it matter? The Cedar River Preserve and its extensive […]
Category Archives: Natural Areas
Say No to Sweet Woodruff
Pretty? Yes. Fragrant? Yes. Deadly to native wildflowers? Yes! When choosing plants at the nursery this spring, please don’t buy sweet woodruff. In the photo at right you can see […]
Cedar River 100 Acre Addition Profiled in Record Eagle
http://record-eagle.com/local/x75051490/100-acres-complete-swath-of-public-land
Lighthouse West: Critical Bird Habitat
Each spring, a host of warblers, tanagers, orioles and other colorful jewels of the skyfind their way into Leelanau County. Most of these birds have over wintered in the tropics; […]
DeYoung Natural Area Video
All about the EMU Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and its partnership with the Leelanau Conservancy in preserving the DeYoung Natural Area farmstead buildings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbP6rRQnFmM&NR=1
Birds spotted or heard April 2006 at the Kehl Lake Natural Area
Along Densmore Road: Double-crested Cormorant Mute Swan Canada Goose Common Merganser Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Ruffed Grouse, heard Killdeer, heard Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, heard Downy Wood-pecker Northern […]
Q & A With Dr. Bill Scharf About Gull Island Preserve & Herring Gull Eggs
From our 2011 Summer Newsletter Dr. Bill Scharf, a gull, tern, and colonial waterbird biologist, has dedicated much of his career to studying Herring Gulls on the Conservancy’s seven-acre Gull […]
New Beginning for Farming at Conservancy’s Swanson Property
From our 2011 Summer Newsletter April 2011–On a brisk day in April, farmer Ben Brown lent a hand at a Leelanau Conservancy work bee, helping staff to remove a massive […]
Carol Benner Remembers Sonny’s Stand: Why She Contributed to Help Preserve the Farm
Since announcing the project, the Leelanau Conservancy has been the grateful recipient of many emails and phone calls from people remembering Sonny and the farm. The following letter (and photos) […]
Swanson Farm Purchase Completed!
From our 2011 Spring Newsletter March 2011–It’s official! The Leelanau Conservancy took ownership this week of the 90-acre Sonny Swanson farm with its 2,000 feet of natural shoreline. “The Swanson […]
