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Category Archives: Stewardship
2018 Field Season Priorities for Stewardship Crew and Volunteers!
Stewardship Update for the 2018 Field Season We’re excited for the upcoming field season and have much on our to-do list. Thanks to the Huron Pines AmeriCorps program, we will […]
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 […]
Saving our Showy Lady Slippers
Saving our Showy Lady Slippers Last spring Paul Rebori found a pair of rubber gloves on his property located just across the road from the Leelanau Conservancy’s Soper Preserve. The […]
Extraordinary Volunteer Leaves a Legacy
When Michael Kane was a little boy, his mother, Louise, recalls putting away laundry and finding his sock drawer loaded with stones he had collected from the woods near their […]
Palmer Woods Updates: Trails and More!
Some Trails Closed for Tree Harvest of Dead and Dying Beech and Ash Posted: 8/16/2017 You may recall an article in our summer newsletter about a planned harvest of […]
Become a Citizen Scientist: Invasive Observer Volunteer Opportunity
The Leelanau Conservancy’s Invasive Observers is a new volunteer Citizen Science program that will be essential for continued maintenance in the Natural Areas and Preserves. Long-term invasive species monitoring is […]
New Conservation Buyer Property: 20-acre wooded parcel near Kehl Lake Natural Area
Address/Location: Off Kehl Road north of Northport Lot Dimensions: 1335 x 655 Parcel #: 008-223-006-04 Asking price: $100,000 Township: Leelanau School Dist: Northport Acreage: 20 Already Protected? Yes Property Characteristics: […]
The Plant Life of Leelanau Conservancy’s Natural Areas
A Natural Observer As a little girl, Liana May spent hours hiking at Sleeping Bear Dunes with her mother, a Glen Arbor artist. “She was my first botany teacher,” says […]
Making a Difference, One Nesting Box at a Time
Bird Lover Dan Kerby loves birds. But in particular, he loves swallows. “Seeing them on the wing just makes me happy,” he says. A favorite place to see them is […]
