Dr. Dan Palmer grew up in Frankfort, and enjoyed camping out on the dunes north of town in a place called Devil’s Armchair and on the Sleeping Bear dunes. […]
Video: About Palmer Woods Forest Reserve
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The True History of Gull Island
Read about the Gull Island Preserve in the May 2015 issue of Traverse Magazine. This protected conservancy property is off-limits to the public in an effort to preserve fragile gull […]
Community Minded Conservationists: Ben and Cynthia Weese
Ben Weese spent all of his childhood summers at his father’s log cabin, located along 1,000 feet of Glen Lake, purchased in 1927 for a mere $1,000. Although his family […]
Family Donates Land to Houdek Dunes Natural Area
Houdek Dunes, with its 100-year old birch trees and beautiful dunes of all types, is one of our most popular natural areas. Thanks to a generous summer family with deep […]
Farmer Access to Affordable Land: Grant Report
Click on the link below for more information on our recent work researching innovative tools for farmland access. Farmland Access Grant Report March 2015
A Message to Supporters from Your New Executive Director, Tom Nelson
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne In 1788, exactly two centuries before the Leelanau Conservancy […]
Universal Access Trail Underway DeYoung Natural Area
We’re thrilled to show off the work happening now on a new Universal Access (UA) trail at DeYoung Natural Area. Come spring, people in wheelchairs or pushing strollers will be […]
Gregory and Cherry Bay Orchards
The year was 2005. Emily Gregory and Mark Miezio had been dating for just about four months. They were living in Chicago where Mark consulted as a civil engineer and […]
Duffs Preserve Important Glen Lake-Area Property
Jim and Beverly Duff have six grandchildren between the ages of 8 and 13. One of the things they all like to do when the kids visit is to take […]
