A New Tick Arrives in Northern Michigan
This is a story about ticks and Lyme disease. It’s also a story about mice and birds and how climate may be changing [...]
Restoring a Native Meadow with Seed Bombs
By Derek Shiels, Conservation Easement Specialist, Little Traverse Conservancy Whether we like it or not, whether we know it or not, we impact [...]
Demonstrating Sustainable Forestry – Palmer Woods Forest Reserve
Last year, the Leelanau Conservancy exercised an option to buy a 700-acre tract of land just east of Big Glen Lake and the [...]
Forest Blow Down on Alligator Hill – Which Path to Recovery?
The August 2 super storm that pummeled the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore snapped thousands of hardwood trees like matchsticks. The damage is [...]
Volunteer Conservationists: Habitat Restoration at Brown Bridge
One Saturday last October, a group of volunteers set out to plant thousands of trees and shrubs along the Boardman River in the [...]
Grand Traverse Baykeeper: Advocating for Clean Water
The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay joined the Waterkeeper Alliance in 2002, hiring John Nelson as their first Baykeeper. As a Navy veteran and [...]
Managing Resources: The Re-Wilding of Bowens Creek
The Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) began a project to restore the aquatic habitat of Bowens Creek in 2010 under a partnership with [...]
Witness: Kama Ross
The District Forester for Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties, Kama Ross provides information services and support to forest and woodlot owners across [...]
Witness: Tom Bailey
Tom Bailey is the Executive Director of the Little Traverse Conservancy headquartered in Harbor Springs. Serving Chippewa, Mackinac, Emmet, Cheboygan, and Charlevoix Counties, the [...]
Witness: Dr. William Scharf
Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Dr. William Scharf at his home in Traverse City. Having studied birds and their parasites [...]
Volunteer Conservationists: Helping Preserve the American Kestrel
Over the last several years, the Little Traverse Conservancy has developed an EcoSteward volunteer program to help people get involved in science-based activities related [...]
Witness: Brian Price
This past fall, we had an extended conversation with Brian Price about his career as a natural resources professional. Brian was the Executive [...]
Managing Forests for Wildlife: The Clear Cut Question
Early in 2015, I was invited by Eric Ellis to look over a forest clear-cutting operation a few miles east of City of Cheboygan [...]