Q: How do you top conserving over 500 acres of prime Leelanau farmland in a single year? A: By securing matching funds from the USDA to conserve nearly 700 more! […]
Category Archives: Land Protection
Conservancy Partners with Four More Families to Protect 688 Acres of Farmland
Over the last three years, the Leelanau Conservancy has partnered with nine farm families to access available funding to conserve their farms. This year, four additional farm families will be […]
Egeler Farm Protected: 116 Acres of Prime Fruit Growing Land
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 […]
Leland Village Green: A Brief History
Posted September, 2013–The Leland Village Green is located in the Village of Leland on Main Street, across from the post office. The Leelanau Conservancy, founded in 1988 and celebrating its […]
Noonan (Glen) Protects 506 Acres of Beloved Family Lands
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 […]
Leelanau State Park Expansion: For the Birds!
Watching for Eagles This winter my husband, Dave, and I noticed several cars coming and going at the end of our road. We live along M-22 in LeelanauTownship, just south […]
Two Families Continue the Tradition of Farming at DeYoung Natural Area
For five years, Samantha put her heart into a piece of land, establishing and growing an orchard using the innovative methods of permaculture. When life circumstances required her to leave […]
Clay Cliffs Project Awarded Up to $2.9M
From our 2012 Spring Newsletter December 2011–The spectacular Clay Cliffs property, with its 1,700 feet of shoreline on both Lake Michigan and North Lake Leelanau, is two steps closer to […]
Gregory Family & Cherry Bay Orchards Protect Farmland
Above: Emily and Mark Miezio with Sam and baby Amelia; the land that has been preserved Gregorys and Cherry Bay Orchards: Two Generations’ Love for the Land The year was […]
Stanton Farm–Centerville Township
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 […]
