Projects & News

The Livingston Land Conservancy
P.O. Box 236
Brighton, MI 48116-0236
(810) 229-3290
info@livingstonland
conservancy.org

Projects & News

Click here to review our press releases and newsletters.

To date, the Conservancy has preserved over 500 acres and is focusing on land preservation opportunities on over 500 acres throughout the County. An overview of our most recent projects is listed below:

Unadilla Nature Preserve
The 13-acre rolling mixed forest of this preserve sits behind the Presbyterian Church on Williamsville Road in Unadilla Township. The entire eastern edge runs along the mill pond to help keep the rural character intact of the historic village of Unadilla. Water from the mill pond flows into Portage Creek which eventually finds its way into the Huron River. There is also a diverse mix of vegetation, including the rare plant, Celtis tenuifolia (Dwarf Hackberry). The preserve was donated by Fay & Almeda Roepcke.

Logan Lakes Nature Preserve
This is an 8-acre wetland preserve located on Hughes Road, south of M-59, Oceola Township. It is part of a vast wetland ecosystem known as Logan Lakes. Bogue Creek flows through Lower Logan Lake into the south branch of the Shiawassee River. The preserve has a nice diversity of plants and animals and considered prime habitat for the Massausaga Rattlesnake. This preserve was donated by Dianne & Ron Winfrey and Jo Anne & John Normile in memory of the women’s parents, Victoria & Joseph Fink.

Reichert Nature Preserve
Dr. Reichert has donated permanent conservation agreements to the Livingston Land Conservancy (LLC) and the Washtenaw Land Trust (WLT) on 100 acres of land near Portage Lake in north Washtenaw and south Livingston Counties. The lovely parcel protects a large contiguous block of natural land, including creek and lake frontage, dry oak forests, and wetlands such as tamarack swamps, fens, and wet meadows. Under the terms of the agreement, the land remains in private hands but can never be developed.

Kovacs Family Conservation Easement
This 109-acre easement in Handy Township was dontated to the Conservancy by Rosemary Kovacs Grover. She wanted to make sure her land would stay farmed and remain in her family long after she passed away. Since it is a privately-owned working farm, it is not open to the public. However, the community has benefited significantly by keeping a farm intact, perserving open space, and maintaining a wildlife corridor.

Northumberland Nature Preserve
This 89-acre preserve, located off of Sharpe Road in Handy Township, was donated to the Conservancy by Marialice Phillips in honor of her husband Bill Phillips.
Bill loved the outdoors and purchased the land back in 1963. From 1981 to 1990 part of the property was farmed, but is currently a mixture of open fields, oak-hardwood forest, and wetlands. Bill expressed a strong desire to keep as much of the land preserved as possible, so after his death in 2003 Marialice decided that the majority of the land would be donated to the Livingston Land Conservancy.

H. Clare and Harold Salmon Centennial Farm Conservation Easement
This property is located in Oceola Township on Curdy Road, east of Latson Road and west of Listerman Road. The 72-acre easement prevents development, but allows for farming, which has been done on the land for more than 100 years. Corn is currently growing on the crop land. The property also features a 4-acre woodland, made up of red oak, red maple and southern hardwood trees. Deer often graze in the woodland. A shrub swamp grows there as well. It has both native plants and invasive species that volunteers and others plan to remove soon.

Arthur M. Pasinski Memorial Preserve
This property is located in Oceola Township and is named in memory of Arthur M. Pasinski. The 40 acres is primarily Southern Wet Meadow with some Emergent Marsh (cattail). The southwest corner is wooded and there is a wooded slope all along the east side of the property. This wooded slope is fairly easy to walk through and explore. Near the northeast corner, between the wooded slope and the edge of the wetland, there is a small prairie remnant (less than 1/4 acre) on an open slope.There are several typical prairie plants plus some prairie grasses present.

Cranberry Creek Meadows Conservation Easement
The Cranberry Creek Meadows Conservation Easement is 90 acres of gentle, rolling farmland adjacent to Cranberry Creek subdivision in Deerfield Township.

Charles & Albert Parker Families Nature Preserve
The Charles and Albert Parker Families Nature Preserve is located on the western side of the Brighton District Library, on Orndorf Drive in Brighton. When the Parker Family sold the property to the Library, they requested that this natural area remain untouched.

© Copyright 2006 Livingston Land Conservancy, Inc.

Click here to review our press releases and newsletters.

To date, the Conservancy has preserved over 500 acres and is focusing on land preservation opportunities on over 500 acres throughout the County. An overview of our most recent projects is listed below:

Unadilla Nature Preserve
The 13-acre rolling mixed forest of this preserve sits behind the Presbyterian Church on Williamsville Road in Unadilla Township. The entire eastern edge runs along the mill pond to help keep the rural character intact of the historic village of Unadilla. Water from the mill pond flows into Portage Creek which eventually finds its way into the Huron River. There is also a diverse mix of vegetation, including the rare plant, Celtis tenuifolia (Dwarf Hackberry). The preserve was donated by Fay & Almeda Roepcke.

Logan Lakes Nature Preserve
This is an 8-acre wetland preserve located on Hughes Road, south of M-59, Oceola Township. It is part of a vast wetland ecosystem known as Logan Lakes. Bogue Creek flows through Lower Logan Lake into the south branch of the Shiawassee River. The preserve has a nice diversity of plants and animals and considered prime habitat for the Massausaga Rattlesnake. This preserve was donated by Dianne & Ron Winfrey and Jo Anne & John Normile in memory of the women’s parents, Victoria & Joseph Fink.

Reichert Nature Preserve
Dr. Reichert has donated permanent conservation agreements to the Livingston Land Conservancy (LLC) and the Washtenaw Land Trust (WLT) on 100 acres of land near Portage Lake in north Washtenaw and south Livingston Counties. The lovely parcel protects a large contiguous block of natural land, including creek and lake frontage, dry oak forests, and wetlands such as tamarack swamps, fens, and wet meadows. Under the terms of the agreement, the land remains in private hands but can never be developed.

Kovacs Family Conservation Easement
This 109-acre easement in Handy Township was dontated to the Conservancy by Rosemary Kovacs Grover. She wanted to make sure her land would stay farmed and remain in her family long after she passed away. Since it is a privately-owned working farm, it is not open to the public. However, the community has benefited significantly by keeping a farm intact, perserving open space, and maintaining a wildlife corridor.

Northumberland Nature Preserve
This 89-acre preserve, located off of Sharpe Road in Handy Township, was donated to the Conservancy by Marialice Phillips in honor of her husband Bill Phillips.
Bill loved the outdoors and purchased the land back in 1963. From 1981 to 1990 part of the property was farmed, but is currently a mixture of open fields, oak-hardwood forest, and wetlands. Bill expressed a strong desire to keep as much of the land preserved as possible, so after his death in 2003 Marialice decided that the majority of the land would be donated to the Livingston Land Conservancy.

H. Clare and Harold Salmon Centennial Farm Conservation Easement
This property is located in Oceol Salmon Property Graphic a Township on Curdy Road, east of Latson Road and west of Listerman Road. The 72-acre easement prevents development, but allows for farming, which has been done on the land for more than 100 years. Corn is currently growing on the crop land. The property also features a 4-acre woodland, made up of red oak, red maple and southern hardwood trees. Deer often graze in the woodland. A shrub swamp grows there as well. It has both native plants and invasive species that volunteers and others plan to remove soon.

Arthur M. Pasinski Memorial Preserve
This property is located in Oceola Township and is named in memory of Arthur M. Pasinski. The 40 acres is primarily Southern Wet Meadow with some Emergent Marsh (cattail). The southwest corner is wooded and there is a wooded slope all along the east side of the property. This wooded slope is fairly easy to walk through and explore. Near the northeast corner, between the wooded slope and the edge of the wetland, there is a small prairie remnant (less than 1/4 acre) on an open slope.There are several typical prairie plants plus some prairie grasses present.

Cranberry Creek Meadows Conservation Easement
The Cranberry Creek Meadows Conservation Easement is 90 acres of gentle, rolling farmland adjacent to Cranberry Creek subdivision in Deerfield Township.

Charles & Albert Parker Families Nature Preserve
The Charles and Albert Parker Families Nature Preserve is located on the western side of the Brighton District Library, on Orndorf Drive in Brighton. When the Parker Family sold the property to the Library, they requested that this natural area remain untouched.