On a summer day in Omena, you might hear hymns from a boat in the bay. Villa Marquette is a Jesuit property sitting on the shores of Omena Bay where […]
Category Archives: Water Quality
The Cedar River Preserve: The Everglades of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula
Thirty-three years ago, we started the work to save Victoria Creek, also known as the Cedar River or the Solon Swamp. With help from hundreds of citizens passionate about water […]
Finnegan Family Donation Expands Hatlem Creek Preserve by 82 Acres
Near the edge of Glen Lake is Hatlem Creek Preserve. Spongy wetlands and an unofficial trail in the form of an old two-track make the preserve one of our less […]
Water Quality Questions with Conservation Easement Monitor Chase Heise
Back in the 1990s, Dr. Tim Keilty started a water quality program when he realized that credible strategies with a strong scientific foundation were needed to protect these important resources. […]
Ephemeral
Spring in northern Michigan feels like biding time until summer. We still experience frost and snow. Rain stretches from the end of March through May. We make do with the […]
The wild, wonderful world within the Cedar River Preserve
One of our most diverse properties is the Cedar River Preserve. A mixture of river, wetlands and forest come together to create a home for a wide variety of flora […]
Pat’s Preserve at Lime Lake: A Dream Come True
May, 2020–The dream to create a new Lime Lake Preserve has become a reality! In May we closed on the final two parcels that protect 26 acres, over 1,000 feet […]
The Power of Water
By Carolyn Faught–My father and I had what I think of as a loving yet difficult relationship. He was a complicated man who suffered from mood swings brought on in […]
Report on the Leelanau Conservancy’s Water Program and Upcoming Symposium
Here in the ‘land of delight’, we are blessed with an abundance of water. Did you know the Conservancy has been working to protect Leelanau’s clean water since our first […]
A Natural Wonder: Omena Couple Protects Ecologically Rich 115 Acres
Ralph and Nancy Kalchik have been married for 62 years. They met at Northport High School and other than a few years away at MSU and an army stint for […]
