2023 Annual Meeting
Please join us for CALC’s Annual Meeting and hear what the conservancy has going on in local land preservation. This year, Ron Rademacher will be our guest speaker.
Cadillac Area Land Conservancy installs raptor nesting platform to conserve species
To help conserve ospreys and eagles, volunteers with the nonprofit Cadillac Area Land Conservancy erected a raptor nesting platform in the marsh behind their Waldeck Island Nature Preserve on Stone Ledge Lake.
CALC Preserve in Statewide Magazine
The Michigan History July/August 2019 issue featured CALC’s own Waldeck Island Nature Preserve.
Bear Spotted During Spring Easement Monitoring
Every year volunteers for CALC visit each property that has an easement governing it. This easement is a contract that outlines the owner’s responsibility
Give Invasive Species the Brush Off
Thank you to the Wexford Conservation District for donating two shoe brush stands to CALC! Hikers can now brush off the bottom of their shoes before and after each hike to prevent the spread of invasive plant species. An invasive species is an organism that is not native and has negative impacts on the economy, […]
Nature Lovers Grieve Loss of the Woods They Loved
Cherry Grove Township, Wexford County, experienced a huge windstorm late August 2018. Thankfully human and home damage was relatively minimal compared to the sheer number of huge old-growth trees that were felled. If you love nature and love walking in the woods, you can’t help but grieve the loss of these beautiful trees. (To get […]
Carl T. Johnson Nature Preserve
The Cadillac Area Land Conservancy (CALC) now owns the 40 acres formerly owned by Carl T. Johnson on 33 Road just past Benson Road. There was a meeting at the township hall last July that explained that for healthy forests there had to be a selective timber cut that would temporarily make things look worse […]
Kohn Family Nature Preserve
The Cadillac Area Land Conservancy has been given another important piece of property that is now open as a public nature preserve — the Kohn Family Nature Preserve. This 22 acre area includes 4,300 feet of the Manistee River shoreline. (The river is listed as a special, unique area in the Wexford County Master plan.) […]
Geocaching on the CALC Preserves
What is Geocaching? Geocaching is a real world outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS enabled devices. Participants use GPS coordinates to navigate to a specific location posted on a geocaching website where they hope to find the treasure, a geocache or container. This geocache container may contain some trinket or just a log where you […]
Oliver Preserve Trail Taking Shape
OLIVER PRESERVE TRAIL TAKING SHAPE Thanks to board member, Dan Valley, and the Career Tech Class of Mark Johnson at the Wexford Missaukee Intermediate School District, the trail at the Oliver Preserve is starting to take shape. Near the end of May 2016 it looked like this, but was wrapped up shortly thereafter. Look for […]
