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Preserve Guidelines

Bradford Dickinson White Nature Preserve

Brower Lake Nature Preserve

Cascade Peace Park

Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve

Maas Family Nature Preserve

Roselle Park

Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve

The Highlands

Wege Foundation Natural Area

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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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Here they are! Some of the kids keeping things moving at the Land Conservancy of West Michigan. We are so proud of them. 🥹
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Exciting news: We have another intern position opening! 🌱 The Land Conservancy of West Michigan seeks an Events & Communications Intern to assist in raising awareness about our efforts keep nature nearby and engaging and expanding our audiences. Join our team this summer to help execute fun events, tell stories, and advance conservation in West Michigan! Learn more and apply on our website, link in our profile.
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Vernal pool season is here! 🐸 We are proud to be part of the Michigan Vernal Pools Partnership (@mivernalpools). Vernal pools are seasonal wetlands which fill up with water in spring and dry up in the summer. They provide important habitat for amphibians and invertebrates like wood frogs, spotted salamanders, fairy shrimp, as well as many other plants and animals.

If you're interested in learning about vernal pools, we welcome you to join us and our friends from Newaygo County Environmental Coalition (@ncec2) for our "Diving into Vernal Pools" event in April at McDuffee Creek Nature Preserve, which protects several vernal pools. If you're interested in helping map and monitor vernal pools, visit the Michigan Vernal Pools Partnership's website to learn about the Vernal Pool Patrol! Links for both can be found in our profile.
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We are hiring another Stewardship Intern! 🔥 This role will support other stewardship staff in managing the Land Conservancy’s nature preserves and conservation easement properties under our care.

Applications will be accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Learn more and apply on our website. Link in our profile!
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🔉 Practicing our Eastern screech owl call at last night’s Nighttime Hoot & Hike at Wege Foundation Natural Area. 🦉 Thanks to everyone who joined us on the trails! Thanks especially to Joel Betts for teaching us all about owls, and to Courtney Cheers of the Wittenbach Center for allowing us to use their space and learn from their taxidermy collection.

Join us for our next event! Find them all at naturenearby.org/events.
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EDIT: We have filled this training! If you are interested in being added to a waitlist for next year's training, please reach out to Kendra Larsen at kendra@naturenearby.org

Just a few spots remain for our Prescribed Burn Crew training! 🔥 If you are interested in helping to ensure West Michigan's fire-dependent ecosystems get the care they need, this training is for you. Land Conservancy Burn Crew members help us apply fire at our nature preserves and play an important role in all stages of prescribed burning, assisting with burn site preparation, ignition, fire control, and monitoring.

Some things to consider before you sign up: Prescribed burns happen on weekday mornings and afternoons. Because burns must happen in very specific weather conditions, they are scheduled with short notice. Prescribed Burn Crew members are notified the day before or the day of the burn. If your schedule can accommodate this kind of volunteer opportunity, we would love you to join our crew!

The training will take place March 6 from 12:30-5 p.m. Attending this training is required to join the Burn Crew. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required to attend. Sign up on our website. Link in our profile.
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L is for Lamberton Lake Fen!—which received lots of love from the volunteers who joined us to remove invasive shrubs over Valentine’s Day weekend. This group tackled the last remaining section on the north side of the preserve, and they made quick work of it. After decades of effort, the restoration of the rare prairie fen habitat at this preserve is essentially complete.

Of course, the work is never done, but our care for the fen now moves from a restoration phase into a maintenance one. We’ll continue to manage the fen to keep invasive species out and periodically apply prescribed fire—work that is all made possible with volunteer support. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to caring for Lamberton Lake Fen! 💕
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This Thursday! Join us to learn and make art at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. This workshop will focus on fire and its role in ecology and art. 🔥 Participants will hear from LCWM Conservation Director Justin Heslinga, who will share about the importance of fire in nature. Then we'll create landscapes using willow charcoal. Learn more and sign up on our website. Link in our profile!
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