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Connect with us! Legacy offers many opportunities throughout the year to join us at a workday or event. We hope you will join us for one soon. Most opportunities require an RSVP. A link to RSVP is included with each detailed event listing. This helps us communicate with you about the event or inform you of a cancellation or postponement.
If you have a question about an upcoming event, please contact our office at 734.302.5263.
Volunteers will be going through a "practice run" monitoring session as a group at a local city park. Learn what things to look for in the field and the how to's of monitoring forms and photo-management. Please bring your camera and GPS unit (if you have one). Dress for the weather and wear appropriate footwear […]
Love the earth day! Help us clean up an antique glass pile in our newest preserve. The pile, mostly of old broken glass bottles from the nearby speakeasy-now private residence, is deep and wide. We need your help! Collectors welcome. There will be more than a few good finds. Please dress for the weather, wear […]
What do invasives and birds of prey have in common? Sharon Hills Preserve. Invasive species at Sharon Hills are reducing habitat for the animals needed by Falcons, Hawks, and other birds of prey to survive. Join us and spend the afternoon clearing out garlic mustard. End the day with a presentation by Falconer, Cynthia Avery […]
What better way to see beautiful places than to volunteer to photograph them? The Photo-Monitoring Squad volunteers are a group of dedicated and hardy individuals interested in bush-whacking, GPS use, and photography to assist Legacy in upholding the terms of our conservation easements. (Hear from a current photo-monitor in this essay, "The simple pleasures of photo-monitoring.") […]
New photo-monitoring volunteers will have a ‘practice run’ by monitoring as a group at a nearby city park. Learn what to look for in the field and get comfortable with the monitoring technology. Snacks will be provided. NOTE: This training is Part II of a two-part training series for new photo-monitoring squad volunteers. Join the squad by […]
Every year Earth Day gives us a special opportunity to join together in celebration of the beauty and bounty of the living, breathing rock we call home. Join Legacy Land Conservancy for an Earth Day celebration to help care for Beckwith Preserve. We’ll remove garlic mustard and dame’s rocket to give our native woodland wildflowers […]
