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.

Grooming Update:

Due to the recent major blizzard northern Michigan received over the weekend of March 13, our team is unable to groom at this time and is focusing our efforts on plowing our parking areas. If we have any updates about grooming, you will find them here or on our social media page.

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.