Published in our 2017 Annual Report “We will not fight to save what we do not love.” —Scientist and Author Stephen Jay Gould When people ask me about the successes […]
Category Archives: Natural Areas
Contractor Hired to Build Mountain Bike Trails at Palmer Woods
We’re excited to announce that we’ve hired Flowtrack Mountain Bike Trails, LLC, a professional trail-building company from the Upper Peninsula, to lead the design and construction of the new mountain […]
Baby Goats Video: How Conservation Grazing is Making a Difference at Clay Cliffs
Kids’ Work – Conservation Grazing with Baby Goats
Palmer Woods Trail System Expansion Project Set to Begin in Late Summer of 2018
The Leelanau Conservancy is pleased to announce that work to expand Palmer Woods Forest Reserve’s trail system is slated to begin at the end of this summer. A professional trail-building […]
Partnerships Make it Happen: Over 1,200 Trees Planted at Conservancy Natural Areas
See more photos DeYoung Tree Planting Facebook album. It was a cold grey day but that couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of 120 middle-schoolers from Traverse City’s Greenspire School who arrived at […]
War on Garlic Mustard–Goats, Volunteers and Dumpsters
Watch Nature Change’s in depth video about the baby goats and how conservation grazing is making a difference 9&10 News goat story The Leelanau Conservancy is launching an all-out […]
Hatlem Creek Preserve Grows to 72 Acres Thanks to Waldenmyer Family
Close-knit Family United in Desire to Protect Fragile Hatlem Creek For everyone who loves Glen Lake and its clean, azure waters, here’s some great news. A close-knit family with a […]
Goats, Garlic Mustard, and Great Volunteers (Oh My!)
You heard that right, goats! An army of rent-a-goats will vacation at Clay Cliffs Natural Area starting in May, “conservation grazing” on the densest infestation of garlic mustard known to […]
Stairway to Heaven: Step In To Teichner Preserve!
We often talk about Stewardship as our promise to care for the lands we have protected FOREVER. But Stewardship is also about today, and making our natural areas inviting, safe […]
Kathleen Stocking Essay on Houdek Dunes
Think of waves of sand, like a bolt of pale, champagne-colored, watered silk – the kind of moiré silk that might be worn by a Russian princess at her wedding […]
