By providing technical assistance to local units of government with the administration of farmland protection programs.By assisting local units of government in creating or expanding public parks and natural areas that result in enhanced public access to nature and improved recreational opportunities.By acquiring high quality natural lands by purchase or donation to create Conservancy owned nature preserves, which are open to the public.By working with landowners to permanently protect private land through voluntary conservation easements.We focus our land conservation efforts on protecting crucial wildlife habitat and corridors, critical watersheds, unique high-quality farm lands, valuable forestland and ecologically significant dunes along Lake Michigan’s beautiful and endangered shore. Our service area includes Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Manistee Counties. With the support of individual donors, foundations and volunteers, and the partnership of local, state, and federal agencies, we have protected nearly 46,000 acres of land more than 150 miles of shoreline along the region’s exceptional rivers, lakes and streams.įully accredited by the Land Trust Alliance, the Conservancy is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with our own by-laws, policies, board, budget and staff. For nearly three decades, the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy has protected and cared for the region’s natural, scenic, farm and forest lands.
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