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Please Save the following date:
Thursday, November 14, 2013
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Cobblestone Farm, Ann Arbor
Featuring noted Geologist, John Zawiskie (Cranbrook Institute of Science). Music provided by Singer/Songwriter Joe Reilly. Join us for heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine, a silent auction and highlights from 25 years of land conservation.
Tickets: $50.00 per person
Purchase event tickets here. (Paypal account not necessary, a small convenience will be charged)
Or
Please click here for the mail-in form
Become a Signature Sponsor!!
Learn how you or your business can be a
sponsor at our 25th Anniversary Celebration Event. Receive recognition at the event and
all year in our mailings, on the website and in our newsletter, Landmarks.
To view and print the Sponsorship Form, click here.
For more info contact Wendy: 734-484-6565 or
email wpellerito@smlcland.org
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Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve.
Photo by Charles Scott
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ANN ARBOR: City leads way in saving open space (April 10, 2013)
"The Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy (SMLC) purchased a 100 acre property in Superior Township. The new preserve was named in honor of SMLC's founder Jack Smiley and contains rolling topography, wetlands , agricultural lands and woods . The property is part of the Superior Greenway, which now totals over 2,000 acres."
To read the full article from Heritage Newspapers (heritage.com) click here.
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SMLC is pleased to announce that our new Stewardship and Outreach Specialist is Jason Martinez. Jason started working for SMLC in March and is responsible for our land and easement stewardship program and our outreach program including volunteer coordination.
Jason was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Cupertino, California where he developed a love for nature. He graduated from Humboldt State University in California with a degree in Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation. During college he began to connect his love for the outdoors with an understanding of the problems facing our environment today – his goal was to become part of the solution.
Before he and his wife (a Michigan native) moved to Detroit to be closer to family, Jason worked for The Wildlands Conservancy where he was responsible for the 5,630 acre Jenner Headlands preserve. His conservancy background and land management experience will be a great asset to SMLC.
Please help us welcome Jason to Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy.
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"Southeast Michigan: a beautiful place where people and nature coexist in healthy, sustainable balance." |
SMLC's new vision statement expresses how we feel about this special place we call home. Preserving natural areas and farmlands is good for all of us. SMLC is doing our part: approximately 3,400 acres have been protected in this region through our efforts. You too can do your part by giving to the SMLC "We Care" Campaign.
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Fall landscape in the Superior Greenway, Washtenaw County.
Photo by Charles Scott
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To make a safe and secure online donation to SMLC, click here.
To download a printable form you can mail to our office along with your personal check made payable to "Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy" click here.
You can continue the momentum and help SMLC become even stronger:
Click here to read our
latest
appeal letter (PDF)
Click here to read our Spring 2013 Landmarks newsletter (PDF)
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View of Fowler Creek looking across the newly named Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve. The preserve was acquired by SMLC in April as part of the Superior Greenway. SMLC needs your help to complete the purchase. Photo by Charles Scott
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Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy is proud to announce that our recently acquired 100-acre nature preserve in the heart of the Superior Greenway has now been named:
The JACK R. SMILEY NATURE PRESERVE
This wonderful Greenway and this nature preserve, in particular, would not have happened without the tireless efforts of our founder, Jack Smiley. Jack saw the vision of a greenbelt between Detroit and Ann Arbor and the countless benefits to the southeast Michigan region. Today the Greenway includes more than 2,000 protected acres including 1,200 contiguous acres in the heart of the Greenway where the preserve is located. Future plans include a Greenway nature trail that will connect protected lands from Geddes to Cherry Hill roads. Click here to read more...
To mail in your pledge or cash donation please click here for the Superior Greenway Expansion Project donation form.
Please click here to view the Superior Greenway Expansion Project Case for Support and Map.
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Spring is here... and with it SMLC's volunteer season starts again!
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Volunteers cheer proudly after removing woody invasive plants from the Conservancy Farm in October 2012. Photo by Scott Tyrrell
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Volunteers can help SMLC in many important ways and you can keep the momentum going! Groups or individuals are welcome to pitch in - please let us know how you would like to help.
If you would like to volunteer with SMLC call 734.484.6565 or email us at jmartinez@smlcland.org to find out how you can help.
Be sure your email address is on the SMLC Events email list to get event notification of upcoming conservancy news, events, and volunteer opportunities. It's easy, just send an email to: info@smlcland.org.
(Note that SMLC never gives or sells personal info to anyone).
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Everyone who came out to the Spring has Sprung at Springhill Nature Walk, hosted by Superior Land Conservancy, had a great time.
The Superior Township Green Fair is coming up June 15th, 2013 at Superior Township hall just north of Ypsilanti at the corner of Prospect Rd. and Cherry Hill Road. Stop in and say 'hi' to Superior Land Conservancy volunteers. See the Calendar of Events below for more SLC and SMLC events, posted as they are scheduled.
For more information about Superior Land Conservancy, click here.
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Gray-headed Coneflower spotted
in meadows on Vreeland Road.
Photo by Charles Scott
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Sign up for SMLC Events, keep up with the latest SMLC news, and hear stories about the benefit of SMLC's work at our new Facebook page. If you are new to Facebook, signup is free. If you are already on Facebook, you know what to do - "like" us and see what's new at SMLC.
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