From our 2005 Fall Newsletter December 2005–It was close to Christmas when we arrived at the Glen Arbor Town Hall, lugging a punch bowl, press packets and maps of the […]
We Can’t Afford Not to Protect Land–2005
A Record-Eagle Forum by Brian Price, Director This article ran as a Forum piece in the Traverse City Record Eagle in December, 2005. – – – The Leelanau Conservancy is […]
Volunteers Go to Great Lengths For Whaleback
Volunteers who were sure-footed, strong-backed, cooperative and experienced in transplanting native species came out eager to protect the bluff at Whaleback Natural Area in early October, 2005. The beautiful trees […]
Essay on Preserving the Crystal River–2005
From our 2005 Annual Report Last week the Enterprise reported on the final transfer of the two parcels of land along the Crystal River from the Leelanau Conservancy to the […]
Sanborn: Birch Point
Local Heroes: Sanborn Family Protects 43 Acres in Lake Leelanau Watershed From our Fall 2005 Newsletter There’s an ancient hemlock on the Sanborn/Robinson property that, some years back, brothers Will […]
Bartle/Spaulding: Lake Leelanau WS
A Powerful Tool by Holly Wren Spaulding, Land Owner From our 2005 Fall Newsletter In 1999, my partner, Robert Bartle, and I were missing good air and our beloved lakeshore […]
Newton Farm: near Gills Pier
Newton Family Protects a Farm With an Incredible View From our 2005 Spring Newsletter Take a couple of conservation-minded landowners, partner them with the Leelanau Conservancy, add member-supported and federal […]
Leelanau: Drawn by the Sum of its Parts
From our 2005 Annual Report February 2005–When my husband, Dave, and I first moved here 20 years ago we didn’t call Leelanau County “Leelanau County.” Instead, everyone I knew called […]
Teicher Preserve Expansion Project
From our 2005 Annual Report CBS Sunday Morning News Correspondent Martha Teichner has been all over the world. But there is no more important place to her than the cedar-and-tamarack-tangled […]
Crystal River Forever Preserved
From our Fall 2005 Newsletter The journey to preserve the beloved Crystal River near Glen Arbor is over. In mid-October, 2005, federal funds appropriated for the river’s transfer into the […]
