We asked our Board members and our general members to blog about MMLC’s mission, about the organization’s ongoing work, about the kind of work they’d like to see MMLC take part in, in the years to come . . . about whatever is most meaningful to them about the preservation of natural lands. Read what they have to say.
If you’re interested in blogging for our website and our social media posts, please don’t be shy. Contact us. We’d be very interested to hear from you.
Bringing Nature Back
Bringing Nature Back
There are two components to land conservation. The first is protection. Protection from what you might ask. The settlement of Michigan began 200 years ago and in that brief period of time the landscape has been changed dramatically…
So Much to Learn
So Much to Learn
What the heck did I know about the land conservation movement? Let’s just say it was so minimal, I could not have given you a cursory definition of “conservation easement”. Nor could I tell a walnut tree from an aspen or an oak. Then, as luck would have it, MMLC became a client for two of the Integrated Campaigns capstone classes I then taught at MSU. And bit by bit, conversation by conversation, I began to understand slightly more about land preservation.