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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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Today's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's only one week until this month's Second Saturday Workday! 📆 Mark your calendars and please join us at Brower Lake Nature Preserve in Rockford on Saturday, September 12. We will be removing invasive honeysuckle and autumn olive to protect the health of the preserve's oak woodland and barrens.

Learn more about this volunteer opportunity and register to attend on our website. Link in our profile!
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To celebrate 50 years of conservation in West Michigan, the Land Conservancy is collaborating with local artists to capture the places we have protected together and support continued conservation for the next 50 years and beyond. Join us this fall for Preserved! Capturing West Michigan’s Enduring Places! 🖌️ The event will take place October 2-3, 2026 at LaFontsee Galleries & Framing in Grand Rapids. 

LaFontsee Galleries & Framing (@lafontseegalleries) has kindly sponsored this year's Preserved! The event brings together two things owners Kate and Jason Meyer care deeply about: art and the protection of West Michigan’s natural spaces.

"We’re most excited to see how each participating artist interprets these protected places and invites us to experience them through a new perspective. We hope the exhibition encourages people who may be new to the Land Conservancy to visit, explore, and discover the beauty of these special landscapes for themselves—and inspires longtime supporters to continue investing in their protection. Art can create an emotional connection to place, and we’re excited to see how Preserved! helps build that connection." – LaFontsee Galleries & Framing

The Land Conservancy thanks LaFontsee Galleries & Framing for their kind support! Learn more about their business and support of conservation on our website. Link in our profile!
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the third and final event of our Explorathon series celebrating 50 years of keeping nature nearby! We paddled a 10.5-mile stretch of the scenic Pere Marquette River near Baldwin. Along the way, we highlighted the landowners and conservation partners who have made it possible to protect the Pere Marquette River and its surrounding natural lands.

A special thank you to our naturalist guides, Pete DeBoer (Community Foundation for Muskegon County), Mark Tonello (DNR Fisheries), and Kimberly Balke (Conservation Resource Alliance), for sharing their knowledge of the river and efforts to protect and restore it. Thank you to John and Kris Fox for sponsoring lunch, Aldea Coffee for providing beverages, and Baldwin Canoe Rental for providing our boating equipment. And thank you to all of the LCWM volunteers who helped the event run smoothly!

We have had a wonderful time exploring the places we've worked together to protect over the last 50 years. Thank you for all you do to keep nature nearby!

P.S. 🎨 Our celebrations aren't over yet! Please join us this fall for Preserved! Throughout the year, artists have been visiting and creating art en plein air at Land Conservancy-protected natural lands. On October 2, 2026, their works will be displayed in a gallery exhibition and fundraiser and made available to purchase. Proceeds from artwork sales and donations made at the event will benefit the continued protection of West Michigan’s ecologically critical land. Learn more and buy your tickets on our website. Link in our profile!
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Preserved! celebrates the beauty found in the places we have protected. This year, fifteen artists have been working to create art "en plein air" on site at various parks and preserves throughout West Michigan. The pieces they create preserve a moment in time at a place that is protected forever.

You will have the chance to see and purchase these artworks at a gallery exhibition hosted at @lafontseegalleries beginning on October 2! Please join us for the opening reception to celebrate 50 years of conservation. Your attendance and artwork purchases directly support the continued work of keeping nature nearby.

Learn more and purchase your tickets on our website. Link in our bio!
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for Moth Sheeting at Dune Harbor Park last week! 🐛 Thanks especially to @grbugclub, @johnballzoogr, @querkuscreative, and @muskegoncounty_parks for co-hosting the evening with us. We love looking at bugs with y'all.

Hope to see you again soon! Check out our upcoming events on our website at naturenearby.org/events.
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The boardwalks at Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve are open once more! 🛠️ We want to extend a huge thank you to the volunteers and supporters who made the boardwalk repair possible!

When the Land Conservancy protected Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve in 1989, ensuring safe viewing access to the bog was an early priority. Volunteers came together to create the infrastructure that thousands of preserve visitors have since used to get a closer look at this unique and biodiverse ecosystem. More than 30 years later, parts of the boardwalk were in need of repair. For the last few weeks the LCWM stewardship team and several volunteers have been working to provide the needed upgrades.

When we have the chance to see, experience, and know nature, we become inspired to protect it. Whether you're seeing native carnivorous pitcher plants for the first time or watching sandhill cranes come in to roost at sunset, these boardwalks are places where unforgettable experiences in nature happen. They'll continue to happen for years to come, thanks to the efforts of this team.
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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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