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Giammalva-Wallace Conservation Agreement (Video)

August 22, 2013
in Landowner Stories
by Colin Hoogerwerf, Communications Director
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Giammalva-Wallace Conservation Agreement (Video)

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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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NEW PROJECT! The Land Conservancy of West Michigan is collaborating with Saugatuck Township to protect 119 acres of forest, wetlands, and the shores of the Kalamazoo River as it flows into Lake Michigan. Saugatuck Township hopes to transform the riverfront property into a public park with preserved natural habitats and public recreation opportunities. Protection of the land would conserve an important ecological corridor.

Riverside Park needs YOU! The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) board recommended the Riverside Park project for a $2.46 million grant to support the Township’s acquisition of the land—contingent on support from the local community. Eighty percent of the needed support is committed, but we need your help to raise the last 20 percent!

Learn more about this exciting project and how you can support on our website. Link in our profile!
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Calling all night owls! 🦉 If you're looking for an opportunity to explore nature under the cover of nightfall, look no further. Join the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and local ecologist Joel Betts on a night hike highlighting the wonders of owls at Wege Foundation Natural Area on February 24, 2026.

We will gather in the Wittenbach Wege Center at for an overview of owl species that can be found in West Michigan, their migration patterns, and their habitats. Then, Joel will lead us on a hike to look and listen for owls. We will even get to practice our own owl calls!

Learn more and register to attend on our website. Link in our profile!
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Fifty years ago, four volunteers met to lay out a plan to identify, protect, and care for West Michigan’s natural areas. Lewis Drain, Grace Eldering, John Will, and Herbert Ranta founded the organization called the Natural Areas Conservancy of West Michigan (NACOWMI), incorporated on October 19, 1976.

Our founders were lawyers, scientists, and professionals who believed in the importance of the preservation and enjoyment of natural land. They made a promise to West Michigan's wildest places, and we've been keeping it ever since.

While so much has changed around us, we've worked to protect the natural spaces that make West Michigan feel like home. What started as hope has become legacy, transforming thousands of acres into enduring sanctuaries where today's children will bring their own children to explore.

Fun fact: One of our founding board members, Grace Eldering, is better known for being one of two women to help create the vaccine for pertussis, or whooping cough, in the 1930s.

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It may not feel like it, but prescribed burn season is around the corner. 🔥 While we wait, the Grand Rapids Art Museum and Land Conservancy of West Michigan are teaming up for a unique workshop highlighting ecological and artistic uses of fire on Thursday, February 19.

Join @grartmuseum and the Land Conservancy of West Michigan as we explore how landscapes change over time, and how fire contributes to that transformation. Discover the ecological role of controlled burns and their impact on local habitats, then create your own landscape from willow charcoal inspired by the artwork on view in The Matter of Awe: Landscapes in Art.

Learn more on our website at naturenearby.org/events. Link in our profile!
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We're Hiring! 🌱 The Land Conservancy of West Michigan seeks a Stewardship Intern to assist in caring for our network of nature preserves located throughout an eight-county service area. Join our team this field season! Learn more and apply on our website.
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At our 50th year, we're celebrating the foundation we've built together and the possibilities ahead. And what kind of celebration would it be if we didn't have some special swag?

Wear your love for West Michigan's natural areas on your sleeve! Choose from our brand new selection of limited edition 50th Anniversary Land Conservancy of West Michigan merch. Proceeds from your purchases support the permanent protection of nature nearby. 

Shop via the link in our profile!
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We returned to Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve this weekend to continue our removal of invasive buckthorn. Thank you to all the volunteers who joined us to participate in this effort. The removal of these shrubs will allow for the growth of native plants, making way for a healthier habitat. 

Your efforts are part of a decades-long commitment to restoring a prairie fen oasis in the middle of the city. The health of this rare habitat is possible because volunteers have shown up year after year to tend to it. Be sure to visit again in the spring and summer and witness the difference you've made!

Join us again in the fen in February! Learn more on our website: https://naturenearby.org/events/ssw-at-lamberton-021426/
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Holiday Hike Challenge! The winners of our prizes have been contacted. Thanks again to all the wonderful businesses who donated prizes for this year's challenge.

We hope you enjoyed the invitation to get outside during this beautiful, cold, and sometimes dreary season. Our protected lands are available to explore year round, always offering you a chance to slow down and connect. Find where you'll visit next on our website at naturenearby.org/explore.
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