The future depends on what you do today.― Mahatma Gandhi At the Leelanau Conservancy, the long game has always been central to our thinking, while seizing the opportunities presented to […]
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The future depends on what you do today.― Mahatma Gandhi At the Leelanau Conservancy, the long game has always been central to our thinking, while seizing the opportunities presented to […]
By the time you read this, Niles Segerlind will have just become an Eagle Scout. The 16-year-old Suttons Bay High School junior put many hours towards the high achievement, including […]
Ten years ago I walked into the offices of the Leelanau Conservancy, offering to volunteer. Having just retired and moved with my husband to Traverse City, we needed to establish […]
Every summer, Mimi Mullin makes the journey from her home in Columbus, Ohio, to a small brown cabin in Leland. Though Ohio is her home by location, Leland is her […]
By Carolyn Faught, who retired from our communications staff in April, 2021. During the 41 years that Gretchen and Tom Dunfee owned their home on Little Traverse Lake, Gretchen had […]
Michigan summers are the long-awaited reward at the end of a harsh winter and cool spring. We trade in our heavy layers and early nights for sunshine-soaked strolls that linger […]
Photo above of the Mawby Family Farm near Suttons Bay by Mark Smith Leelanau County is a land of spectacular natural features and amazing farmland. The Leelanau Conservancy is working […]
“This is Our Place and Our People” Imagine spending your 20s living and working on the 46-mile-long island in Lake Superior known as Isle Royale National Park. Imagine boarding a […]
Carolyn Faught has been the chief story teller for the Leelanau Conservancy since 1992. She will retire by May 1, 2021. Her goodbye to members follows this tribute by Deborah […]
The more things change, the more they remain the same. – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Writing in 1848, Karr’s epigram was intended to assert that while things may appear to change […]