Category Archives: Landowner Stories

The kitchen table at Ben Hohnke’s farmhouse is round and covered with a vinyl cloth. Sunlight streams in from two corner windows. It is a good vantage point to learn […]

It wasn’t easy to arrange a meeting with farmers Mike and Jeanette Egeler. Both work seven days a week, most days well into the evening. Between their cherry farm, Mike’s […]

From our 2013 Fall Newsletter  by Tom Nelson, Director of Farm Programs This is the story of a journey—one bound by the timeless virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Driving […]

Three Augusts have passed since my partner Joe and I purchased the Buffum Farm off of French Road, which was protected by a conservation easement by the Leelanau Conservancy in […]

From our 2012 Spring Newsletter February 2012-When I first moved to Leelanau County 25 years ago, one of the names I kept seeing in the newspaper was Glen Noonan’s. At […]

It’s a brilliant September day as I climb into Terry Stanton’s Jeep, vibrating outside the office. We are headed out to see the farmland that Terry and his family have […]

Superior Stanton Fruit Land Forever Protected It’s a brilliant September day as I climb into Terry Stanton’s Jeep, vibrating outside the office. We are headed out to see the farmland […]

PRESERVATION MEANS BUSINESS FOR STANEK FARMERS July 2002–For those who take the back roads into the county, the rolling orchards of the Stanek Farm along County Road 633 have long […]

Millers Donate Conservation Easements on 120 Acres to Protect Lake Leelanau Watershed From our Spring 2005 Newsletter When Bob and Eleanor Miller bought their 160 acres in Centerville Township back […]

A Wild Idea: Doug and Ann McInnis Believe in Wildlife Corridors From our Fall 2002 Newsletter The phrase “wildlife corridor” doesn’t mean much to a red-shouldered hawk. What does is […]