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MISSION Legacy’s mission is to secure for current and future generations a land base for nature, agriculture, fresh water and recreation in Washtenaw and Jackson 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 Jackson […]
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 […]
One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support saving the open spaces they love. Since 1971, Legacy Land Conservancy, has been doing just that for the people of Washtenaw and Jackson counties. Now Legacy Land Conservancy announced it has renewed its land trust accreditation for the second time– proving once […]
Our newest preserve is open for quiet enjoyment! On August 15th Legacy hosted a small gathering at the Anthony & Rose Shatter Family Preserve to celebrate its opening. The daughters of Anthony and Rose Shatter—the former landowners—cut the ribbon, and guests enjoyed a ‘socially distanced’ guided nature hike led by Legacy staffers Allene Smith and […]
When Legacy accepted the generous donation of 51 acres of farmland, oak hickory forest, and buttonbush swamp from the Lloyd & Mabel Johnson Foundation in 2007, we established a management plan for the preserve to outline our vision and guide our actions. The agricultural fields were a new adventure; while we had conserved hundreds of […]