About Us


Mission

To keep nature nearby, the Land Conservancy of West Michigan permanently protects natural and scenic lands.  To date, the Land Conservancy has permanently protected nearly 8,000 acres of West Michigan's forests, fields, wetlands and dunes in a service area that includes all or parts of Allegan, Kent, Ottawa, Newaygo, Muskegon, Oceana, Mason and Lake Counties.

 

 

Board of Directors

Margaret Ladd, Chair

Jon Jellema, Vice Chair

Daniel Grady, Treasurer

Deborah Steketee, Secretary 

Dwight Baker

Jan Deur

David Dornbos

John Fox

Susan Hoekema

Timothy Lundgren

Dawn McDonald

Marti O'Brien


Clay Stauffer

Jeff VandenBerge

Dave Warners


LCWM staff August 2011
LCWM staff, from left to right: Brian Obits, Jacqueline Bilello, April Scholtz, Nealy Molhoek, Pete DeBoer, Gretchen R. Mousel, Michelle Harris, Diane Sampson

The Land Conservancy of West Michigan, formerly the Natural Areas Conservancy of West Michigan, was founded in 1976 by a dedicated group of volunteers who sought to protect West Michigan's natural landscape.  Today, with a professional staff and office in Grand Rapids, the Land Conservancy is an independent, non-profit land trust and the only land trust solely dedicated to the permanent protection of important natural lands and open space in West Michigan.

A broad coalition of local foundations, friends, neighbors and business people invest their time, talents and money to support our efforts to keep nature nearby.  Volunteers continue to be a critical part of our organization.  Please visit the Support Us page to learn how you can help by becoming a volunteer or a member.


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