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Anderson Woods Nature Preserve

Barrier Dunes Sanctuary

Bradford Dickinson White Nature Preserve

Brower Lake Nature Preserve

Cascade Peace Park

Castle Park Nature Reserve

DePersia South Highlands Nature Preserve

Dumaw Woodland Nature Preserve

Dune Harbor Park Muskegon County

Dune Pines Nature Preserve

Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve

Huyser Farm Park

Kuker-Van Til Nature Preserve

Lake Breeze Nature Preserve

Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve

Lost Lake: Muskegon State Park

Maas Family Nature Preserve

McDuffee Creek Nature Preserve

Meinert County Park

Minnie Skwarek Nature Preserve

Muskegon River: Henning Park Access

Muskegon River: Thornapple Access

North Ottawa Dunes County Park

Ottawa Sands

Palomita Nature Reserve

Pere Marquette Conservation Park

Pere Marquette River: Bowman’s Bridge

Pere Marquette River: Forks Landing

Pere Marquette River: Mapleleaf

Pere Marquette River: Rainbow Rapids

Pere Marquette River: Walhalla

Richmond Woods Nature Preserve

Roselle Park

Saugatuck Dunes State Park

Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area

Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve

Tallmadge Woods

The Highlands

Upper Macatawa Natural Area

Upriver Nature Preserve

Wege Foundation Natural Area

Whitey’s Woods: Lake Harbor Park

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About Us

The Land Conservancy of West Michigan is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to keep nature nearby and conserve ecologically critical land in West Michigan. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments creating natural areas, and helping private landowners protect their own land.

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The late summer wildflowers are blooming along McDuffee Creek. Goldenrod, Joe-Pye weed, and cardinal flower all add beauty and color to the creekside scenery, and their deep roots stabilize the soil along the banks, slowing erosion and keeping McDuffee Creek's waters clear and cool.

Photos shared by Joe Engel, former executive director and current preserve steward of McDuffee Creek Nature Preserve. Learn more about McDuffee Creek Nature Preserve on our website at naturenearby.org/explore. Link in our profile!
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Looking to unplug? Join us for the Explorathon: Guided Paddle on Saturday, August 29. We’ll float down the Pere Marquette River while we learn about the unique ecosystems the river supports and efforts to protect them.

Pre-registration is required for this event. Sign up today! Learn more at the link in our bio.

Remix with @foundoutdoorz 🦦
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Does your perfect weekend involve . . .

☀️ Spending time outside,
🤝 making new friends,
💪 and doing a little work to make your community a better place? 

Then a perfect weekend awaits: Join the Land Conservancy of West Michigan this Saturday for a Second Saturday Workday! We will be at McDuffee Creek Nature Preserve in Baldwin removing invasive shrubs and plants to improve habitat health. Join us this Saturday, August 8 at 9 a.m. Register to attend on our website at naturenearby.org/events or via the link in our bio.
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UPDATE: Tickets for this event have sold out!

We are moth sheeting again this month! Join us along with Muskegon County Parks, GR Bug Club, John Ball Zoo, and Querkus Creative at Dune Harbor Park in Muskegon for an evening of insect observation after dark.

Learn more and sign up to attend at naturenearby.org/events. Link in our profile.
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The Guided Paddle is just under a month away! 📆  This is the final installment of our Explorathon event series celebrating 50 years of keeping nature nearby. Pre-registration is required for this event, and tickets are moving quickly, so be sure to save your spot soon!

At the Explorathon: Guided Paddle, we will paddle our way down the Pere Marquette and see, experience, and learn about efforts to protect and care for this wild river. Over the last 50 years, LCWM has worked with landowners to establish 28 conservation easements along the shores of the Pere Marquette and its tributaries, totaling 19.5 miles of protected riverfront. Conservation easement properties remain in private ownership, but their permanent protection benefits natural features we share with wildlife and each other. 

Join us! 🚣 Sign up on our website at https://naturenearby.org/events or via the link in our profile.
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Join us this fall for Preserved! 🎨 Celebrate the enduring places we've protected together over the last 50 years.

Sixteen local artists have been visiting preserves and parks throughout West Michigan and rendering their beauty in oil, acrylic, watercolor, ceramic, and more. This fall, their works will be displayed in a gallery exhibition held at LaFontsee Galleries in Grand Rapids, where they will be made available for sale. Proceeds from artwork sales will benefit the continued protection of West Michigan's ecologically critical land.

Preserved! is an opportunity for artists, nature lovers, and the greater community to celebrate the scenic land that surrounds us in West Michigan, while coming together in community to support land protection into the future. Join us!

Learn more about the event and purchase your tickets on our website. Link in our profile!

Preserved! is presented by Bloom Credit Union, a division of WMCU. The event is sponsored by Atomic Object, Baird - The GHM Group, and LaFontsee Galleries. 

@bloomcreditunion, @atomicobject, @lafontseegalleries
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Merch update! 🚨 We’ve released two new designs for our reptile and amphibian fans, long sleeve options for every shirt, and crewnecks for the light versions of our shirts! Shop our new selections on our Bonfire store via the link in our profile.

Purchases of our limited edition 50th Anniversary merch help support the continued protection of nature nearby. Wear your love for West Michigan nature on your sleeve! Thank you for your support.
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at our Moth Sheeting & Nocturnal Sketching event on Saturday! Thanks especially to our event partners @johnballzoogr, @grartmuseum, @querkuscreative, and @grbugclub for making the event special. We hope you enjoyed your time among the bugs of Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve. 🐛

Check out our upcoming events at naturenearby.org/events.
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