By Claire Wood, Leelanau Conservancy Communications Director. We set out from Leland Harbor in two canoes on a calm, sunny morning in late August. The hypnotizing ripples of turquoise water […]
Category Archives: Natural Areas
It’s Official! Majestic Palmer Woods Grows by 350 Acres
Good things take time. Some of the Leelanau Conservancy’s biggest and best projects were decades in the making. Saving the Crystal River. Preserving the iconic DeYoung Farm and shoreline. And […]
Pat’s Preserve at Lime Lake Grows with Heffron Land Addition
Last fall, when staffer Kim Hayes visited the Allan J. Heffron Trust property near Lime Lake, she spotted bear scat. A few months later, on a winter visit, she discovered […]
The People of Palmer Woods–And Why They Want to Grow it to 1000 + Acres
By Carolyn Faught, Senior Writer for the Leelanau Conservancy. This piece was created for and originally appeared in The Boardman Review’s summer issue. People fall in love with Leelanau Conservancy […]
Pat’s Preserve at Lime Lake: A Dream Come True
May, 2020–The dream to create a new Lime Lake Preserve has become a reality! In May we closed on the final two parcels that protect 26 acres, over 1,000 feet […]
Leelanau Conservancy Launches Palmer Woods 1000 Project, Seeks to Expand Palmer Woods Forest Reserve by 350 Acres
The Leelanau Conservancy announced plans today to expand its largest natural area to over 1000 acres. With the Palmer Woods 1000-Acre Project, the Conservancy hopes to purchase 350 acres of […]
Lighthouse West: An Essay by Kathleen Stocking
The wind never seems to stops blowing at the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula. Walk across this small promontory, which stretches north into the dark, early-winter waters of Lake Michigan, […]
Click Here: One-Minute Video of Kehl Lake in Winter, New Boardwalk!
We had a great time at Kehl Lake Natural Area showing off the new boardwalk there to 31 of our supporters who attended our Director’s hike on January 2, 2020. […]
Joy Riders: Palmer Woods’ Popularity Grows Thanks to Mountain Bike Trails
(From our Fall, 2019 Newsletter). On a Monday morning in early July, a steady stream of cars circulates through the parking lot at Palmer Woods Forest Reserve. It had only […]
New Fern Garden at Palmer Woods Takes Shape
Dr. Dan Palmer has a passion for ferns. The retired physician is the author of two books on the ferns of Michigan and Hawaii. And long before the Leelanau Conservancy […]