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 […]
Dig In and Take Responsibility: Fall 2014
Find your place on the planet, dig in, and take responsibility from there. – Gary Snyder This is the last column I will write to you as the Executive Director […]
Conservation Buyer Properties: Another Land Protection Tool
We protect land in many different ways. One of “tools in the land protection toolbox” is what we call a “Buy, Restrict, Resell” project, which is part of our Conservation […]
Extraordinary Volunteers Build the Deck at Clay Cliffs
Around the office, you’ll often hear our stewardship staff mentioning two volunteers named Al and Dave. Their names are always said together, as in “Al and Dave spent the whole […]
Kiessel Brothers: Center Highway
From Our Fall 2014 Newsletter In the heart of the agricultural corridor along Center Highway sits the old Green farm. The Leelanau Trail stretches back off to the east, and […]
Leelanau Conservancy’s Next Executive Director: Tom Nelson
The Leelanau Conservancy Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Tom Nelson as the next Executive Director for the Leelanau Conservancy. “Many of our community members may […]
Color Tour: Admire Protected Lands!
Color Tour :: Leelanau Enterprise, Autumn 2014 We love Leelanau in all its seasons, but there is something particularly magnificent about our peninsula during the peak of autumn color. We […]
Coming Home to Clay Cliffs–an Essay by Carolyn Faught
Last summer my son, Sam, was home for a few weeks before starting medical school at the University of Cincinnati. (Okay, so I’m a proud Mom, who also watched him […]
One Word Leelanau Video
What is your ONE WORD for Leelanau? One Word Leelanau from Petersen Productions on Vimeo.
