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Volunteer and Conservation Partner of the Year; Conservancy Day Wrap Up
Conservancy Day Draws Volunteers, Wine Enthusiasts, Hikers Leelanau Conservancy Volunteer and Conservation Partner of the Year Named On August 3rd, 2017, the Leelanau Conservancy hosted a lineup of activities aimed at celebrating that there’s no place like Leelanau. Members as well as the general public were invited to a […]
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Invaders! Combating the Spread of Garlic Mustard
Thank you to our friends at NatureChange.org for putting together this video on invasive garlic mustard at our Natural Areas and around the County. Visit the original article here. This is a story about people facing down an overwhelming invader. Who will win the war is not certain, but the battle against Garlic Mustard has […]
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Volunteer and Business Supporter of the Year
Leelanau Conservancy Names Volunteer and Business Supporter of the Year at Annual Picnic Since its founding in 1988, volunteers have been critical to the success of the Leelanau Conservancy, bringing time, talent and expertise to help in the Conservancy’s mission to conserve the land, water and scenic character of Leelanau County. This year the organization […]
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Leland Village Green: A Brief History
Posted September, 2013–The Leland Village Green is located in the Village of Leland on Main Street, across from the post office. The Leelanau Conservancy, founded in 1988 and celebrating its 25th year in 2013, purchased and preserved its first green sanctuary in 1990. Leland Village Green is a place where residents and visitors can sit […]
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Say No to Sweet Woodruff
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 what it has done to our Whaleback Natural Area in certain areas—covered the forest floor, crowding out native wildflowers like trillium, jack in the pulpit, […]
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Volunteering—One Volunteer’s Story
Every summer my family and I drive up from Florida to spend two weeks with my husband’s parents at their cottage on Lake Leelanau. Over 20 summers in Leland, the Leelanau Peninsula has remained one of the most beautiful areas I have ever visited, in large part because so much of the land is being […]
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Q & A With Dr. Bill Scharf About Gull Island Preserve & Herring Gull Eggs
From our 2011 Summer Newsletter Dr. Bill Scharf, a gull, tern, and colonial waterbird biologist, has dedicated much of his career to studying Herring Gulls on the Conservancy’s seven-acre Gull Island Bird Sanctuary, also known as Bellows Island, in Grand Traverse Bay. With over 30 years of research here, he has examined trends, noted abnormalities […]
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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 focused on protecting Lake Michigan coastal habitats as well as our natural areas. As we look back on our efforts and towards our goals for […]
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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 barrier of thick vegetation along the Beaver Island coast. “It was frightening,” she says. “I knew it could happen on our shoreline if we let […]
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Conservancy Seeks Help From Property Owners Who are Planning to Build
From our 2010 Spring Newsletter “Every time I see a new driveway or house going in and we missed a chance to dig up the wildflowers there before the bulldozers arrived, it makes me crazy,” says Patty Shea, co-founder of the Leelanau Conservancy’s Wildflower Rescue Committee. “If people would just let us spend a few […]
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