Pretty? Yes. Fragrant? Yes. Deadly to native wildflowers? Yes! When choosing plants at the nursery this spring, please don’t buy sweet woodruff. In the photo at right you can see […]
Category Archives: Stewardship
DeYoung Natural Area Video
All about the EMU Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and its partnership with the Leelanau Conservancy in preserving the DeYoung Natural Area farmstead buildings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbP6rRQnFmM&NR=1
Phragmites Eradication: A Success Story
From our 2011 Spring Newsletter Over the last several years the Conservancy has increased the number of restoration projects that focus on invasive plant management. Most of our efforts have […]
Making a Difference: Volunteers Help Battle Phragmites
From our 2010 Fall Newsletter November 2010–Two years ago Nancy Miller viewed a video on the internet about Phragmites australis and how the invasive plant had created a 20-foot tall […]
New Trail at Lighthouse West Natural Area
October 2009–On a blustery day in early October, two dozen people gathered to officially open a new hiking trail at Lighthouse West Natural Area near Northport. “This property and the […]
Conservancy Receives Community Award for Work at DeYoung Natural Area and Historic Farmstead
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter The Grand Traverse Heritage Center presented the Leelanau Conservancy with its coveted “Community Award” on September 17 for permanently protecting the agricultural landscape and historic […]
Tribute to Bob Sierra
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter July 2009–We lost a good friend in Bob Siera in September. Bob died after a battle with bone cancer. But not before touching the lives […]
EMU Grad Students Celebrate and Protect Treasures from DeYoung Farmstead
From our 2009 Summer Newsletter When Louis DeYoung locked the door behind him and moved into a nearby assisted living facility in 1998, he left a home full of history. […]
Restoration Work Begins at DeYoung Natural Area
From our 2007 Fall Newsletter Usually, folks at Leelanau Conservancy aren’t fond of seeing bulldozers in beautiful places. But in the case of the DeYoung Natural Area on Cedar Lake, […]
New Trail at Kehl Lake Natural Area
From our 2006 Fall Newsletter Our “Old Birch Trail” at Kehl Lake Natural Area is completed! This summer, the Stewardship crew and volunteers cleared a beautiful new three-quarter-mile trail at […]
