A Milestone Years in the Making
Co-authored by Allene Smith, Senior Land Protection Specialist and Pam Bierzynski, Communications Manager – After five years of careful effort, collaboration, and trust-building, Legacy Land Conservancy is celebrating a major land protection milestone. In December, we…
A New Season of Preserve Engagement
By Kyler Moran, Preserve Stewardship Manager – This season, spending time on Legacy’s preserves will look a little different, and we couldn’t be more excited. After careful planning, thoughtful collaboration, and intentionally growing our team, Legacy is reshaping…
The Work That Happens Before the Wildflowers Bloom
By Maddy Gackenbach, Preserve Stewardship Associate – One by one I carefully separate milkweed seeds from the silky white fluff that carries them through the wind. I delicately pull apart bee balm seed heads releasing dozens of tiny seeds from the dry plant material….
Giving Gratitude
2025 has proven to be a wild and unpredictable year. Changes at the federal level have left many of us– Legacy included–feeling a little like we’re swimming up river, helpless against the current. As we have met with and spoken to supporters in the last year, we’ve…
Thankful for you
Our commitment to protecting the places we love starts where it began: with you. Our community. Thanks to your support and with you by our side, we know Legacy can endure the unexpected and build a better future for all of us. We are so thankful for YOU. From all of…
Fulfilling a Legacy: Chelsea Land Protected to Honor Late Husband’s Dream
Legacy Land Conservancy has permanently protected 26 acres of farmland and forest along Mill Creek in Chelsea, completing a project that began with landowner Craig Maier and was carried forward by his wife, Anastasea (Stacy), in his memory. “This is the land Craig and…
RCPP Appeal Update
A message from Diana Kern, Legacy Land Conservancy Executive Director This summer, you may remember that the federal government rescinded our $24.6 million Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) award–funds that would have helped Legacy and our…
A Thoughtful New Step: Hunting at Iron Creek Preserve
This fall marks a new chapter for Legacy Land Conservancy: for the first time, regulated bow and firearm hunting will take place at one of our preserves. After careful research, planning, and input from the preserve’s donors, Legacy has launched a deer population…
Walk Through Time with Sybil Kolon at Iron Creek Preserve
Join us for a rare opportunity to walk the land with Sybil Kolon—longtime steward, storyteller, and donor of the beautiful Iron Creek Preserve. This isn’t just a hike. It’s a journey through time. Beginning August 13, Legacy Land Conservancy and Sybil Kolon invite you…
Legacy Files Appeal in Response to Federal Reversal of $24.6M RCPP Award
Legacy Land Conservancy filed an appeal to the National Appeals Division (NAD) in response to the Southeast Michigan Conservation Coalition 2024 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project $24.6M award that was rescinded by the federal government in June….