From our 2006 Annual Report For everyone who loves the Leelanau State Park and the raw beauty of its pristine, boulder-strewn shoreline, we have some great news. On December 6, […]
Category Archives: Natural Areas
2 Essays by Martha Teichner about Teichner Preserve
From our 2006 Spring Newsletter For Hans and Miriam G. Teichner by Martha Teichner It was the wildness of the land my parents learned to love when they found themselves […]
New Trail at Kehl Lake Natural Area
From our 2006 Fall Newsletter Our “Old Birch Trail” at Kehl Lake Natural Area is completed! This summer, the Stewardship crew and volunteers cleared a beautiful new three-quarter-mile trail at […]
Martha Teichner Visits Teichner Preserve
The Raymonds and Martha Teichner: Preserving Family Heritage Together From our 2006 Summer Newsletter Lime Lake was the setting for a celebration last month. CBS newswoman Martha Teichner came to […]
A Dream Come True—An Essay on Preserving the Crystal River
From our 2005 Fall Newsletter December 2005–It was close to Christmas when we arrived at the Glen Arbor Town Hall, lugging a punch bowl, press packets and maps of the […]
Volunteers Go to Great Lengths For Whaleback
Volunteers who were sure-footed, strong-backed, cooperative and experienced in transplanting native species came out eager to protect the bluff at Whaleback Natural Area in early October, 2005. The beautiful trees […]
Essay on Preserving the Crystal River–2005
From our 2005 Annual Report Last week the Enterprise reported on the final transfer of the two parcels of land along the Crystal River from the Leelanau Conservancy to the […]
Leelanau: Drawn by the Sum of its Parts
From our 2005 Annual Report February 2005–When my husband, Dave, and I first moved here 20 years ago we didn’t call Leelanau County “Leelanau County.” Instead, everyone I knew called […]
Teicher Preserve Expansion Project
From our 2005 Annual Report CBS Sunday Morning News Correspondent Martha Teichner has been all over the world. But there is no more important place to her than the cedar-and-tamarack-tangled […]
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 […]
