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 […]
Herring Gull Eggs: Environmental Indicators
From our 2004 Summer Newsletter At the Leelanau Conservancy we try to promote wildlife viewing at our Natural Areas and on our hikes and events, but wildlife can function as […]
Theiss: Glen Lake Hillside
The Theiss Easement Protects a Glen Lake Hillside From our Spring 2004 Newsletter A scenic hillside near Glen Lake and the birthplace of skiing in Leelanau County has been forever […]
Buffum: near Cedar
The Buffum Easement Protects the Family’s Hunting Lands From our Fall 2003 Newsletter Dennis Buffum’s 80-acre slice of tranquility lies out Cedar-way, past the dairy barns and the Centerville Township […]
A Day in the Life of a Wildflower Rescuer
The night before the Wildflower Rescue outing I felt strangely like a kid anticipating a field trip back in elementary school. I laughed at myself for having the same nervous […]
