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 organization’s development director, will lead the organization effective February 8, 2021.
This holiday season, many of you set out to find the big red holiday bows hanging on trees in 16 of our nature preserves. You travelled across West Michigan with your friends, family and pets and discovered gorgeous natural places—some for the first time! A hearty thanks to everyone who participated in our Holiday Hike Challenge! Today we
Join us in taking a look back on a year that was truly unlike any other!
LCWM Executive Director Joe Engel will retire in February 2021.
The Land Conservancy was interested to learn that there is a local effort to have the Karner blue butterfly designated as the State butterfly. Lori McElrath Eslick, a children's book author and illustrator, learned about this rare and beautiful butterfly while participating in the Land Conservancy’s Preserved! program. Now, she and a group of West Michigan
Spring is coming! Now is a great time to start thinking about which native plants you will grow in your yard this year. Find a native plant sale happening in your area below. Why native plants? There are many reasons to landscape your yard with native plants.
With support from the community, The Highlands property acquisition and initial restoration projects have been funded. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (May 15, 2019) -- The Land Conservancy of West Michigan has successfully completed the Phase One campaign for The Highlands. The future of the former golf course
The Land Conservancy of West Michigan is launching a public campaign to bring nature into the City of Grand Rapids at the former Highlands Golf Course with a kickoff event celebrating the summer solstice on June 21st, 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
17-acre Addition to Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve is Complete The Land Conservancy of West Michigan has announced the completion of a campaign to add 17 acres of Lake Michigan sand dunes, including 1,000 feet of Lake Michigan frontage and 1,200 feet along Big Flower Creek,