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November 22, 2019

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by Marie Orttenburger

SLBP-1119-First Prairie Ploth sml

Marie Orttenburger

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The Land Conservancy of West Michigan is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to keep nature nearby and help people protect, enjoy, and care for natural land in West Michigan. We conserve 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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Thank you to everyone who made a donation yesterday for Giving Tuesday! Your support ensures the natural areas we have protected together are cared for in perpetuity. We are so grateful to have you on our team!

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This #GivingTuesday, we hope you will support keeping nature nearby for future generations by making a gift to the Land Conservancy.

For nearly 45 years, supporters like you have helped the Land Conservancy permanently protect beautiful places like B.D. White Nature Preserve, captured here on a fall day by Eileen Boekestein. Thanks to you, our children and grandchildren have many places where they can experience the mysteries of the natural world.

Thank you for all you do. To make a #GivingTuesday contribution, please visit naturenearby.org/donate.

#naturenearby #protectenjoycare #givingtuesday

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Many landowners work with us to help protect privately owned natural land. Through conservation easements, we are able to ensure West Michigan forests, habitat corridors, and wetlands remain connected and undeveloped. The process is not always easy, but for many, it is a labor of love. Read how 3 LCWM conservation easement holders are caring for their land in our latest newsletter—available now on our website.
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Pictured: Conservation easement holder Elisa Rasmussen's property along the Pere Marquette River.
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#naturenearby #protectenjoycare #conservationeasements

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Last year around this time, we were spreading seeds to expand the prairie at Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve for our annual Black Friday Prairie Planting. Though we can't be together today, we hope you will find time to enjoy the outdoors today. Visit naturenearby.org/explore to find out where to go!
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#naturenearby #protectenjoycare #optoutside

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Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Land Conservancy of West Michigan. We are grateful to be supported by such a generous community. Thank you for all you do! Have a safe and happy holiday!

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Giving Tuesday is less than a week away! After a long weekend spent reflecting on what we are thankful for, this global day of giving encourages us to give back. We hope you will celebrate with us once again this year.
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As for us, we are grateful to have such a generous community of supporters that has stood up time and again to protect West Michigan natural areas. Thank you for all you do.
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#GivingTuesday #protectenjoycare #naturenearby

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Recognize this view? This is a shot from the photo monitoring station at Wege Foundation Natural Area. This spot isn't usually on fire when preserve visitors stop at the station, but it was last week when we conducted a prescribed burn there.
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Periodic fire is an essential component of the restoration of this oak woodland. The pandemic has made conducting these burns a challenge this year. We managed this one with a smaller-than-usual crew, but were lucky to have the right conditions to ensure it could happen.
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#naturenearby #protectenjoycare #prescribedburn #habitatrestoration

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GVSU professor and former LCWM board member Priscilla Nyamai (pictured) is studying forest resilience at two Land Conservancy nature preserves.
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"Key to promoting ecosystem resilience is encouraging biodiversity, ensuring that there exists a significant variety of species in the ecosystem," she says.
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She explains the importance of biodiversity and how she and her students are testing ways to restore it in this article she wrote about her research—read it on our website!
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#naturenearby #protectenjoycare #resilience #research

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