Join The Land Conservancy of West Michigan for monarch butterfly migration viewing at the Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve! September is peak monarch migration season for the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Let’s bid these amazing animals farewell on their 3,000 mile journey to the Oyamel forests of central Mexico! Land Conservancy Events...
Join us at B.D. White Nature Preserve to help us out with building and maintaining the trail. Tools, water, and snacks will be provided. Please register to attend! About Second Saturday Events The Land Conservancy’s 16 nature preserves contain an incredible diversity of natural...
The Land Conservancy of West Michigan invites you to celebrate YOU, our volunteer! We couldn't do what we do without you. Please join us for a volunteer appreciation event at The Highlands. The day will begin with a tree planting as part of the continued...
Earlier this year, the Land Conservancy of West Michigan added the 43-acre Huston-Rausch-Paprocki Reserve to Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve, more than doubling its size. Because of your support, the preserve now includes a mature hardwood forest near the lakeshore that migrating animals like butterflies, hawks and songbirds depend on...
Join us at Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve to help collect native grass and wildflower seeds. These seeds will be used to expand prairie habitat on our preserves. Tools, water, and snacks will be provided. Please register to attend! Photo by Alena Visnovsky About...
Autumn is a time of transition when the veil is thin. Watch the colors change as light fades from the sky and we explore the trails by moonlight. Together we’ll uncover the nocturnal secrets of life and death in this diverse wetland ecosystem. Guided by...
The Land Conservancy of West Michigan is hosting a tree planting workday on a conservation easement property in Newaygo County. Join us and help reforest an area along McDuffee Creek to support water quality and fish and wildlife habitat in the Pere Marquette River watershed! This project is in cooperation with Trout Unlimited and is funded...
Join us to plant trees at Flower Creek Nature Preserve! Invasive forest pests such as beech bark disease have killed many large trees on the property. The trees we will plant will aid in our goal of helping the forest become more resilient to predicted...
Details The prairie at Saul Lake Bog owes its existence to the hard work of volunteers over many years. The prairie restoration project is one of the largest and longest running in the state and throughout the fall, volunteers and staff will be picking seeds...
Join the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and Blandford Nature Center at The Highlands to plant native plants as part of the property's long-term restoration. Tools, water, and snacks will be provided. Please register to attend! About Second Saturday Events The Land...