Good things take time. Some of the Leelanau Conservancy’s biggest and best projects were decades in the making. Saving the Crystal River. Preserving the iconic DeYoung Farm and shoreline. And […]
151-Acre Mawby Family Farm Protected
All photos unless noted are thanks to Mark Smith Ron Mawby’s memories of growing up on a fruit farm just outside of Suttons Bay are poignant. He recalls how the […]
Pat’s Preserve at Lime Lake Grows with Heffron Land Addition
Last fall, when staffer Kim Hayes visited the Allan J. Heffron Trust property near Lime Lake, she spotted bear scat. A few months later, on a winter visit, she discovered […]
Fall For Leelanau Driving Tour
Did you know that many of the beautiful fall views you see while driving around Leelanau are other corridors of natural and agricultural land in our County that have been protected through private conservation easements with the […]
The People of Palmer Woods–And Why They Want to Grow it to 1000 + Acres
By Carolyn Faught, Senior Writer for the Leelanau Conservancy. This piece was created for and originally appeared in The Boardman Review’s summer issue. People fall in love with Leelanau Conservancy […]
Staying Connected, Now and Forever
Like so many Leelanau Conservancy members who split time between two homes, Bill Pumphrey and his family always long to be in Leelanau. One way that they stay connected from […]
Summer 2020; Executive Director’s Message
From Executive Director Tom Nelson When despair grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I […]
Great News: Mawby, Porritt Farms Protect 288 More Acres
Your Leelanau Conservancy is still saving farmland under a high threat of conversion to development despite the ongoing pandemic. Two more iconic farms rooted in Leelanau County’s agricultural heritage have […]
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 […]
Going the Distance for Palmer Woods
Going the Distance for Palmer Woods Imagine running the entire length of M22—117 miles, over a 30 hour stretch. Who would do that? Andy Belanger, that’s who, and he did […]
