From our 2009 Fall Newsletter The Grand Traverse Heritage Center presented the Leelanau Conservancy with its coveted “Community Award” on September 17 for permanently protecting the agricultural landscape and historic […]
How Are Things at the Leelanau Conservancy?–2009
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter Perhaps the question I’m asked most often is the simplest and most basic: “How are things at the Conservancy?” At first it seems that there […]
Hunt: Northport Creek
Jeannette Hunt Protects Her Sensitive Land Along Northport Creek With a Conservation Agreement From our 2009 Fall Newsletter When our Director of Land Protection, Matt Heiman, returned after his first […]
Making a Commitment: Northport Teens Hold Annual Triathlon to Raise Funds for Conservancy
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter August 2009–A group of teenagers who spend part of their summer on Northport Point—29 to be exact—held their ninth annual triathlon in early August, 2009. […]
Dick Ristine’s Legacy
From our 2009 Summer Newsletter In June, the Leelanau community lost Dick Ristine to cancer. As many of you recall, Dick was the very definition of an engaged citizen, and […]
Tribute to Bob Sierra
From our 2009 Fall Newsletter July 2009–We lost a good friend in Bob Siera in September. Bob died after a battle with bone cancer. But not before touching the lives […]
VanZoeren: Glen Lake/HatlemCreek
Natural Partners: Van Zoerens Preserve 30 Acres Near Glen Lake From our 2009 Summer Newsletter Tom and Alice Van Zoeren are the kind of people who work at preserving things […]
Telford Farms: Cedar
Historic Telford Farms Land Preserved: 42 Acres Protected Within This “Intentional” Community From our 2009 Summer Newsletter The children growing up on Telford Farm near Cedar have a big back […]
Remembering John Fisher
From our 2009 Summer Newsletter John W. Fisher died on June 27 after a months-long battle with leukemia. He was nearly 94 years old. Many people in Leelanau County knew […]
EMU Grad Students Celebrate and Protect Treasures from DeYoung Farmstead
From our 2009 Summer Newsletter When Louis DeYoung locked the door behind him and moved into a nearby assisted living facility in 1998, he left a home full of history. […]
