February 6, 2019
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Stewardship Workday at Brower Lake (Second Saturday)
Join us in removing invasive garlic mustard at Brower Lake Nature Preserve!
Stewardship Tag
January 2, 2019
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2018 Year in Review
As 2018 comes to a close, we look back on another whirlwind year. We added conservation agreements, helped with a major public acquisition, said goodbye to a few of our longtime staff and welcomed new staff, and we continue to be driven by a growing
November 12, 2018
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Partner Feature – Michigan Prescribed Fire Council
In this installation of the LCWM blog, we are going to do something new. Instead of telling you about the projects we are doing, we are going to tell you about another organization that acts in our service area and has, at least in part,
October 2, 2018
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Overcoming Oak Wilt
It was confirmed: oak wilt had claimed the lives almost all the red and black oaks across this section of woods. Oak wilt is a disease caused by the non-native fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, and is lethal to oak trees. But as devastating as oak wilt
May 30, 2018
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A Day on the Burn Crew
Long before the state of Michigan was made up of a patchwork of geometric farm fields, sprawling cities, meandering highways, and stretches of forest, the state was made up mostly of a dynamic mixture of three landscapes--prairie, oak savanna, and oak forest. Those habitats shifted
April 25, 2018
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Stewardship Workday at Flower Creek Dunes (Second Saturday)
Details Time to get to work on one of our newest nature preserve additions! This will be the first summer for the new addition at Flower Creek Dunes Nature Preserve. Over the winter, a cottage was removed from a high point on the dunes and soon new
January 31, 2018
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Stewardship Workday at The Highlands (Second Saturday)
Time to get to work on our newest preserve! Join us in removing invasive shrubs from the edge of a wetland!
January 31, 2018
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Stewardship Workday at B.D. White Nature Preserve (Second Saturday)
Garlic mustard, while a nice addition to a salad, is a threat to many of our nature preserves. Join other volunteers and help pull the garlic mustard before it takes over the preserve!
December 8, 2017
Putting Nature in its Place
On a bright clear morning in early December, I watched a bulldozer tear up the land. Back and forth it worked, methodically stripping vegetation from the ground and skimming off the soil. Behind it, an excavator ripped into a hillside and piled the dirt a few
November 7, 2017
Highlands Restoration Underway
It has been just under a year since The Highlands, a partnership project with Blandford Nature Center, was turned toward a new future as a natural area. Already the landscape has experienced some significant changes. The manicured greens, fairways, and tee boxes that could be