This summer, ground broke on one of the final pieces of the restoration work at The Highlands, a natural area protected in collaboration by the Land Conservancy and Blandford Nature Center. Β Construction began on the stream daylighting project in early July. The project will bring...
This post is excerpted from an article originally published in the Grand Valley State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences e-newsletter, CLAS Acts, and is republished here with permission. Anyone fighting a battle in a Michigan backyard with volunteer maple trees could be forgiven for...
Work has begun to βdaylightβ an underground stream at The Highlands, a natural area protected by Blandford Nature Center and the Land Conservancy of West Michigan. Several partners met to break ground on the project on July 11, 2022.Β As part of the ongoing restoration of...
An anonymous donor has given their family property to the Land Conservancy to create a public nature preserve in Newaygo County....
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Valerino Castro, a man who played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Land Conservancyβs first nature preserve.Β Valerino and his wife Maria owned the land thatΒ isΒ nowΒ Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve.Β Under their care, the land...
If you have recentlyΒ hiked throughΒ Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve, you may haveΒ noticedΒ thatΒ someΒ of the trees bearΒ blue or red markings.Β If you guessed thatΒ those markingsΒ denoteΒ treesΒ that will be removed, you are right.Β Unfortunately, oak wilt hasΒ been discovered on the preserveΒ andΒ hasΒ alreadyΒ killed dozens of oaks. The diseaseΒ will continue to spread without action,Β andΒ that...
Thanks to the communityβs generous support, theΒ 43 acresΒ adjacent to the preserve are protected forever and open to the public. The Land Conservancy of West Michigan announcedΒ it has finalized its purchase ofΒ 43 acres of forestedΒ backduneΒ habitat adjacent to Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve.Β The addition, named the Huston-Rausch-Paprocki Reserve,...
AfterΒ the winter chill sets in, and theΒ dormantΒ plantsβΒ myriadΒ hues of brownΒ are covered by aΒ crisp white blanket,Β fieldworkΒ stillΒ beckons for the staff of theΒ Land Conservancy of West Michigan.Β Although the bulk of our work requires plants to be green and actively growing, there is still plenty to doΒ after the leaves fall.Β So,...
Spring is coming! Now is a great time to start thinking about which native plants and trees you will grow in your yard this year. Why native plants? There are many reasons to landscape your yard with native plants. Plants that are native to our region provide...
Kim Karn, the organizationβs development director, will lead the organization effective FebruaryΒ 8,Β 2021....