Little Traverse Conservancy

Protecting the north country we ALL love

Our Mission

To protect the natural diversity and beauty of northern Michigan by preserving significant land and scenic areas,
and fostering appreciation and understanding of the environment.

February 23
Banwell Family Nature Preserve
L. John and Helen Bishop Working Forest Reserve
Chaboiganing Nature Preserve

February 24
Offield Family Working Forest Reserve
Alan and Virginia McCune Nature Preserve
Offield Family Viewlands

Acres Protected Since 1972

Miles of Water Frontage Protected

Miles of Hiking and/or Biking Trails on Protected Lands

Students in LTC Education Programs Since 1986

Featured Preserve

Enji-minozhiiyaamigak:
The Place of Peacefulness Nature Preserve

Enji-minozhiiyaamigak is an Anishinaabemowin word for “The Place of Peacefulness”. This is an inclusive term, a place of serenity and calmness for all living things: people, animals, trees, plants, and everything there and passing through.

Roughly .5 mile of universally accessible trail meanders to a lake overlook platform that offers stairs to the beach. A steel tree sculpture framing a historical Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians settlement map is found next to the platform. The sculpture of the Marker Tree was made by the Spring 2025 Class of the Industrial Arts Institute in Onaway.