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Wildflower Rescuers and Garthe Farm Unite to Save Trillium and More for Memorial Weekend Plant Sale
With the Leelanau Conservancy’s Wildflower Rescue Plant Sale just 10 days away, volunteers were on a mission to dig 500 trillium plants in just over an hour. Four workers met up in Northport to car-pool to the Garthe Farm, where owners Gene and Kathy Garthe met them with open arms. The morning dig here was […]
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Steimel Brothers Protect 76 Acres of Prime Fruit-Growing Farmland
Al and Mark Steimel’s roots run deep on the land they have protected with a conservation easement in Leland Township. Their great-grandfather, Charles Johnson, bought the farm in 1890 and grew apples along with potatoes and crops like hay, corn and oats to feed the farm’s animals. The brothers have a deep attachment to this […]
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Moving From the City to the Swamp
Jen Superson and Trevor Smith were living in Brooklyn when a listing popped up on Zillow for a home with 42 acres near Cedar. The listing was so compelling that they decided that night to pack up and drive 15 hours to Leelanau to tour the property. The young couple had been thinking for a while about moving […]
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Two Farms Protected in 2018, 10 More Projects in the Works!
It won’t be long before Leelanau’s thousands of fruit trees burst into bloom, covering our rolling hillsides with their one-of-a-kind beauty. That alone is cause for celebration, but there’s more. In 2018 we protected the 190-acre iconic Putnam Farm in Omena, as well as 99 acres in Solon Township owned by Keith Parker. By the […]
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Bringing the Next Generation Along
Bringing the Next Generation Along The older I get, the more I enjoy being around young people. They give me hope for the future in what often seems to be a crazy and chaotic world. I am always surprised and refreshed by their optimism, energy and capabilities. When I say young, I mean everyone from […]
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Clay Cliffs: Home for Eagles
In 2013 while conducting a botanical survey along the shore beneath Clay Cliffs, two of our staff members came upon a pair of eagles. One, which looked to be an adult eagle, was trapped under a fallen tree limb. A juvenile, likely its offspring, was flapping its wings frantically in an attempt to pull the […]
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A Glen Arbor Couple’s Favorite Ways to Give
Leelanau Converts Published in Fall 2018 Newsletter–Years ago, Bruce and Betsy Wagner considered themselves to be “die-hard New Yorkers.” They never dreamed they would leave the city, move to Michigan and spend their retirement years in Leelanau. But life has a way of twisting and turning, and this is the story of how the Wagners […]
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2018 AmeriCorps Member Trio–We’ll Miss You!
We want to thank our three AmeriCorps Members who did a fantastic job for us this year! This hard-working, Leelanau-loving trio leaves us in early November. They will be very much missed. In their own words, here’s what they loved about their time with the Leelanau Conservancy and what the future holds for each of […]
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Executive Director’s 30th Anniversary Message
LOOKING FORWARD October, 2018–One of my favorite memories is from a couple of summers ago—the first time our littlest daughter’s feet touched the cool, clear waters of the big lake. She was not quite two years old, and my wife, Stephanie, and our three older daughters were huddled around her, thrilled to relive through her […]
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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 and outdoor lifestyle of northern Michigan. Watch this short film to learn more about the first public flow-style trail in Leelanau County. To read our […]
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