Volunteer Fair: Sunday January 31, 1-3pm. Volunteers make it happen! Thinking of getting involved? Stop by Sunday’s Volunteer Fair for ways you can chip in to protect local natural areas and open spaces.
January 29, 2010
Volunteer Fair this Sunday
January 25, 2010
Only one week left!
From now until January 31, buy a gift certificate to Grange Kitchen & Bar, and help earn money to protect local lands!
New Ann Arbor restaurant Grange Kitchen & Bar has made a generous offer: For every gift certificate you buy during the month of January, Grange will donate 10% to Legacy Land Conservancy to protect local natural areas and farms.
Grange Kitchen & Bar’s menu is based on fresh ingredients from lots of wonderful local farms. And the food is fantastic! So, if you…
* have been looking to try out a new restaurant
* are looking for a nice gift
* are planning ahead for Valentine’s Day, or
* have a special occasion coming up…
…then buy a gift certificate or two during January! You’ll be supporting local farms and the Conservancy in the process!
Here’s how you can buy your gift certificate:
* Visit Grange Kitchen & Bar at 118 W. Liberty in Ann Arbor, or
* Call them (734) 995-2107
January 22, 2010
Best gifts of all
In the closing weeks of 2009, Legacy Land Conservancy completed six conservation agreements, each unique and collectively as diverse as the landscapes around us. Woodlot additions, farms, and rivers are all among the lands that will remain – forever – pretty much as they are today.
It’s common for these last weeks of the year to be our busiest. But it’s a time I look forward to as part of the joy of the winter holidays. These are gifts to all of us who live here now, or will in the future, from incredibly generous families.
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January 19, 2010
Mark your calendar: January 31 Volunteer Fair
Come see how you may be able to help! Volunteer Fair: Sunday January 31, 1-3 PM.
Drop by to learn the many ways you can help, meet new people and make a difference for the Conservancy. Volunteer opportunities are located throughout Washtenaw and Jackson counties. Here’s a sneak peak of some of the opportunities.
This fun and informal event will be held at the NEW Center overlooking the Huron River, 1100 N. Main Street in Ann Arbor.
Hope you’ll join us!
January 15, 2010
5 Reasons to Think Local First
Since nothing is more local than the lands that surround us, it’s no surprise that the Legacy Land Conservancy is a fan of the Local First movement. I was in Jackson today and stopped by the Armory Arts center (home of, among other things, the Jackson School of the Arts) and picked up a flyer from Jackson Local First (www.jxnlocalfirst.com). It offers some great answers about shopping “local first” (What if they don’t have what I want? What if they cost too much? What if they aren’t open when I need them?) including their Five Reasons to think Local First: (more…)
January 12, 2010
Support the Conservancy: Buy a gift certificate to Grange Kitchen & Bar
New Ann Arbor restaurant Grange Kitchen & Bar celebrates local farms by creating menus based on fresh ingredients from local sources.
In support of the local lands that sustain the restaurant, Grange will donate 10% of proceeds from all gift certificates purchased in January to Legacy Land Conservancy.
So, if you….
* have been looking to try out a new restaurant
* are looking for a nice gift
* are planning to hit downtown Ann Arbor for Restaurant Week, or
* have a special occasion coming up…
…then buy a gift certificate or two to Grange during January! You’ll be supporting local farms and the Conservancy in the process!
Grange Kitchen & Bar is located at 118 W. Liberty in Ann Arbor, (734) 995-2107, www.grangekitchenandbar.com.
January 11, 2010
Snowflakes: Science and beauty
The snowflakes last night & this morning are about the best we’ve had so far this season — beautifully intricate, delicate, big crystals. These types of snow crystals are dendritic crystals. (More about snowflake shapes) Dendritic means tree-like, and it comes from the Greek word for tree, dendron. Snow isn’t the only thing that can be described as dendritic, of course — trees (of course), some crystals & minerals, the pattern in which streams drain into rivers… Are there other things you can think of?
Your task for today: Look at one snowflake (if you haven’t already; in which case, look at another one!)
-Suzie
Photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piper/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
January 4, 2010
Cold but sunny!
Saturday morning I had the pleasure of walking in the woods with 8 hardy souls willing to brave the windchill. Whether in the name of New Year’s resolutions to get fit or out in nature, or in the interest of simply getting out of the house on a crisp blue-sky day, we were all bundled up & ready for the trail at Legacy Land Conservancy’s Beckwith Conservancy Nature Preserve. We walked underneath the silent snowy conifers & along the stream, peering at hundreds (or thousands!) of turkey prints. And were those pine-marten tracks we saw? After crossing the bridge for a loop under the oaks, we headed back to the trailhead, startling a herd of deer. As the perfect end to a cold hike, Cindy had brought some piping hot cider, and Patti had made muffins – yum! I’m ready to start the new year!
-Suzie
Land Conservancy: Notes from the field 