Dick Swan grew up climbing trees and playing in the pristine stream that has been owned by his family for the last 140 years. As an avid fly fisherman and […]
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Dick Swan grew up climbing trees and playing in the pristine stream that has been owned by his family for the last 140 years. As an avid fly fisherman and […]
From our Fall 2018 Newsletter–At 87, Keith Parker shows no signs of slowing down. He’ll drive a combine for eight hours, harvesting corn that feeds his 120 head of beef […]
“The one thing that binds us together and assures our economic vitality is water. If we lost our quality of water, or even if there was a perception of the […]
Great News For Grand Traverse Bay and Clean Water The Leelanau Conservancy is happy to announce that it has been awarded a $452,877 grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality […]
Imagine that you are a brook trout. Anglers revere your very existence; Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway waxed poetic about you in his famous Nick Adams stories. […]
Great News For Everyone Who Loves Lake Leelanau! A $557,000 grant from the Clean Michigan Initiative (CMI) will help the Conservancy to purchase conservation easements–and therefore forever protect–lands that are […]
Going With the Flow: Leelanau Conservancy Volunteer Stream Samplers Kim and Dennis Armbruster are part of an important group of volunteers who monitor our lakes and streams every year, collecting […]
A Place for the Children Along Leo Creek There is a magical place near Suttons Bay, along beautiful Leo Creek, where Montessori children once built stick forts, picked blueberries and […]
From our 2005 Summer Newsletter Glen Lake, framed by a dramatic rise of Sleeping Bear to the west, and surrounded by high-forested moraines to the east and south, presents one […]
Centerville Township Lands Protected From our 2006 Summer Newsletter July 2006—Recent successful projects have created excitement and interest among area landowners. Most recently, the Conservancy purchased a 60-acre easement from […]