by Tom Nelson, Director of Farm Programs This is the story of a journey—one bound by the timeless virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Driving out into the verdant hills […]
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Farm Conservation News: We are on a Roll!
Q: How do you top conserving over 500 acres of prime Leelanau farmland in a single year? A: By securing matching funds from the USDA to conserve nearly 700 more! […]
Conservancy Partners with Four More Families to Protect 688 Acres of Farmland
Over the last three years, the Leelanau Conservancy has partnered with nine farm families to access available funding to conserve their farms. This year, four additional farm families will be […]
A Leelanau “Bucket List”
What’s a ‘bucket list’? An accounting of all of the things you’d like to do while you are still able. The essence of any good bucket list consists of overcoming […]
From the Director: Looking Ahead to the Next 25 Years
In January nearly 100 members of the Leelanau Conservancy Sustainers Circle gathered at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. The topic for our program was a brief retrospective of our first […]
Cedar River Preserve Grows to 440 Acres!
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 […]
Leelanau Conservancy Receives Top Award from Land Trust Alliance
September 30, 2012 Your Leelanau Conservancy – along with the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy – won the Land Trust Alliance’s Land Trust Excellence award tonight. Here are board chair […]
Wildflowers, Warblers, Water and Wonder!
Wildflowers, Warblers, Water and Wonder! May 19, 2012–Kay Charter claims not to be a bird expert. Now, I don’t claim to be a bird expert either, but she’s definitely a […]
Glen Noonan Protects 506 Acres and Beloved Family Lands
From our 2012 Spring Newsletter February 2012-When I first moved to Leelanau County 25 years ago, one of the names I kept seeing in the newspaper was Glen Noonan’s. At […]
The Leelanau Conservancy has been Awarded Accredited Status
From our 2008 Fall Newsletter The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance (LTA), announced last week (September 19, 2008) that the Leelanau Conservancy has […]
