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Newsletter: May 2015

May 19, 2015

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by Colin Hoogerwerf, Communications Director

Newsletter: May 2015

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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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Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve protects rare and significant undeveloped habitat along the Lake Michigan Shoreline. The forest the preserve protects provides crucial shelter for migrating birds and butterflies, but its health is afflicted by invasive forest pests and pathogens, deer browse, and climate change.

Join us this Saturday to plant trees and support the resilience of this special forest! We'll meet at the Meinert County Park parking lot at 9 a.m. Tools, snacks, and water will be provided. Please wear boots and weather appropriate clothing, and bring your own work gloves. Learn more and register to attend on our website. Link in our bio!

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The Land Conservancy of West Michigan recently hosted this year’s annual “Stewards of the Land” peer gathering of land protection and stewardship professionals. We learned about reconciliation ecology, community science, remote monitoring, and more. Thank you to our presenters and everyone who joined us!

Thank you as well to Courtney Cheers for allowing us to use the @wittenbach_wege_center as a venue, @aldeacoffee for providing coffee, and @heartlakes for sponsoring refreshments.

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For November's Second Saturday Workday, we will be planting trees in the forest at Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve. Forest pests and pathogens have heavily impacted this important lakeshore habitat. Help us plant new trees to support the long-term resilience of the forest! 🌳 🍂

This event takes place Saturday, November 14. We will meet in the parking lot of Meinert County Park at 9 a.m. Hope to see you there! Learn more and sign up to attend via the link in our bio!

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LCWM Executive Director Kim Karn will step down from her position on October 23, 2026 to pursue a new career opportunity.

“It has been a great honor to serve the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and its mission for the last seven years, through our milestone celebration of 50 years of keeping nature nearby,” Kim said. “As I prepare for an exciting new role, I take heart knowing that LCWM is in a strong position to build upon our successes as the organization turns its focus to the next 50 years of conservation.”

We will miss Kim and are deeply grateful for her service! A search committee has been formed to conduct a search for Kim’s successor. An interim executive director will be named later this month. Read more: https://naturenearby.org/lcwm-announces-departure-of-executive-director-kim-karn/

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Join the Land Conservancy and the Muskegon Area District Library (@muskegonadl) for a phone-free hike and art journaling session at Anderson Woods Nature Preserve later this month! "Offline in Anderson Woods" is free to attend and is part of MADL's Big Read Lakeshore Initiative. 📚

Space is limited! Register to attend on MADL's website: https://muskegonadl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a591d0df4e5db3d00c23835

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Join us this Saturday to collect seeds in the prairie! 🌾 This month's Second Saturday Workday kicks off at 9 a.m. at Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve in Rockford. The seeds we collect will be used to expand native habitat on preserves throughout West Michigan.

Learn more and register to attend on our website. Link in our bio!

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