Celebrating 50 Years of Protecting & Preserving Land Donate Today
Celebrating 50 Years of Protecting & Preserving Land Donate Today
MISSION Legacy’s mission is to secure for current and future generations a land base for nature, agriculture, fresh water and recreation in Washtenaw, Jackson, and Lenawee Counties and beyond. The staff partners to advance the strategic plan, including a goal set in 2008 to protect 25,000 acres of the most important lands in Washtenaw and […]
Click here to read our Preserve Update related to the COVID-19 pandemic Legacy protects a variety of types of land: rural and urban preserves, preserves with towering beech trees and carpets of spring wildflowers, and recreational lands. Legacy preserves are open for family-friendly outdoor recreational activities, such as hiking, bird watching, skiing, nature study, and photography. […]
Legacy is proud to have protected over 8,000 acres of land since 1971. Through conservation easements, public preserves, and partnerships with other conservation groups, we continue to create a gift of protected land for future generations. (Photo by Larry Doll – Don Doll who protected his centennial farm in 2017 with Legacy’s help) In Their Own Words […]
Thank you to everyone who participated in our first-ever #50ForTheLand Preserves Pathway Challenge, and congratulations to Connor Williams, who won the grand prize for the most steps on our seven nature preserves! Together, we took 253,355 steps exploring the forests, prairies, and wetlands of our nature preserves – that’s almost 120 miles! Whether you hiked […]
Peter & Anita Sandretto – Photomonitoring & Preserve VolunteerOctober 2021 The Sandrettos have been photomonitoring Legacy conservation easements for as long as the volunteer program has been around. Transitioning from paper maps and forms to computer-based cloud apps like Avenza and, now, Landscape! They enjoy photomonitoring because it’s similarities to geocaching, one of their favorite […]
Give three motivated people four months on seven public preserves and a lot can happen! The 2021 growing season demanded a long list of tasks, and our Crew made some tracks. Comprised of Seasonal Stewardship Technician Madelyn Gaharan and Crew members Dani Wyman and Thomas Huval, the “Stew Crew”, as we affectionately call them, spent […]