Photos by: Mark Smith We’re excited to offer four new trails for you to explore this fall. Whether they’re within a natural area you already love, or a brand new […]
Category Archives: Trail News
Going The Distance
“Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,” Martin and Stacy Kimpston kept in their heads while training for the 35 Miles for 35 Years Trail Challenge. The Trail Challenge is […]
Take a journey with us…
When thinking about how to celebrate 35 years of protecting Leelanau, we wanted to do something that invites all trail lovers to immerse themselves in the beauty of Leelanau and […]
New Trail at Stites Natural Area!
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 […]
Stewarding a Beloved Preserve
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 […]
Stewardship Evolved: Bringing Mountain Biking to Leelanau’s Palmer Woods Forest Reserve [Boardman Review Video]
We were thrilled to collaborate with The Boardman Review to showcase our new mountain bike trail at Palmer Woods. The Traverse City-based print & digital journal focuses on the creative culture […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
