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 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 […]
Legacy is excited to welcome our 2021 summer Stewardship Crew. We are looking forward to working with them! Danielle Wyman Danielle was born and raised in a small town in Maine. She gained a passion for the natural world from a young age through her surfing, snowboarding, and rock climbing adventures. She earned a degree […]
Legacy Land Conservancy is celebrating 50 years of protecting and preserving land in southern Michigan, and kicking off the celebration of its achievements with two public events. Legacy formed under the name Washtenaw Land Conservancy (WLC) on May 10, 1971 when a group of Ann Arbor community leaders concerned about the potential development of a […]
A sesquicentennial farm—in the same family for over 150 years—is now permanently protected by Legacy Land Conservancy. The farm, owned by brothers Tom and Jim Irwin, consists of 158 acres of rolling farmland, forest and wetlands off Grass Lake Road in Grass Lake, Michigan. In 2017 Tom and Jim inherited the farm from their late […]