Upcoming Events
For more information, please visit the News & Events section of our website.
1/27/10: LCWM Slide Show (Grand Haven)
1/28/10: LCWM Slide Show (Fremont)
1/28/10: LCWM Slide Show (Saugatuck)
1/30/10: Brower Lake Workday (Rockford)
1/30/10: LCWM Slide Show (Lowell)
1/30/10: Moonlight Snowshoe Hike (Lowell)
2/2/10: LCWM Slide Show (Saugatuck/Douglas)
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Keeping Nature Nearby in West Michigan!
Saugatuck Dunes Deal Successfully Closes
A decades-long effort to protect a critical stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline has reached a major milestone with the real estate closing of the 171 -acre south portion of the McClendon property (formerly known as the Denison property) adjacent to Saugatuck’s Oval Beach City Park. For additional details, please visit the Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area page.
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Help Expand Meinert County Park
On December 3rd the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) approved a $428,300grant which gave a huge boost to the campaign to expand Muskegon County’s Meinert Park. The proposed 95-acre addition to Meinert County Park would more than double the size of this beautiful park along the Lake Michigan’s shoreline and preserve critical forested dune habitat. Please see the campaign brochure for full details.
The total project cost expected to add the 95 natural acres to Meinert Park is approximately $600,000. The $428,300 MNRTF grant, a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Muskegon County, and the willingness of the current landowners to donate some of the value of the property gives the campaign a great start. In order to successfully complete the project, however, the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and Muskegon County must raise the remaining funds from the community. To make a donation online, please visit the Membership page. Be sure you enter "Meinert Park" under notes.
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 Winter Newsletter Now Available
Check out our winter newsletter and read about our recent land protection successes.
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Mission
To keep nature nearby, the Land Conservancy of Michigan permanently protects natural and scenic lands. To date, the Land Conservancy has permanently protected more than 5,550 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.
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Land Conservancy of West Michigan · 1345 Monroe Ave. NW, Ste. 324 · Grand Rapids, MI 49505
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