I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the […]
Category Archives: From the Director
From the Director: Peninsula’s Progress
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. —Ogden Nash, American Poet Picture a boy. He’s ten years old. Brown hair, brown eyes, and ears […]
From the Director: 2018 Annual Report
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. – Scientist Loren Eiseley To the Leelanau Peninsula, water truly is magic. It’s the one of the most […]
Executive Director’s 30th Anniversary Message
LOOKING FORWARD October, 2018–One of my favorite memories is from a couple of summers ago—the first time our littlest daughter’s feet touched the cool, clear waters of the big lake. […]
Message From Executive Director Tom Nelson
Published in our 2017 Annual Report “We will not fight to save what we do not love.” —Scientist and Author Stephen Jay Gould When people ask me about the successes […]
A Message to Supporters from Your New Executive Director, Tom Nelson
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne In 1788, exactly two centuries before the Leelanau Conservancy […]
