Portman Nature Preserve

Renewal in a Land of 13 Springs

The Land Trust Alliance is a national land conservation organization that provides training, education, policy, and working standards to more than 1,000 member land trusts across the country. They’re the Big Dogs, the movers and shakers on the land conservation...

Taking the Classroom Outdoors

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It is amazing to learn how much the landscape of southwest Michigan has changed since European settlement began in the 1800’s. Take the case of Portman Nature Preserve. The slopes on the northern shore of Mud Lake were once part of an open oak savanna, a habitat...