Little Traverse Conservancy

{{Short description|Land preservation organization in northern Michigan, United States}}

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| headquarters = 3264 Powell Road
Harbor Springs, Michigan 49740, USA

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| leader_title = Executive Director

| leader_name = Kieran Fleming

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Little Traverse Conservancy is a land conservancy based in Harbor Springs, Michigan, in the United States.{{cite journal |publisher = Natural Areas Association |journal = Natural Areas Journal |volume = 37 |issue = 4 |pages = 549–555 |year = 2017 |doi = 10.3375/043.037.0411 |title = Conserving Nature through Land Trust Initiatives: A Case Study of the Little Traverse Conservancy, Northern Michigan, USA |first1 = Kathryn N. |last1 = Braddock |first2 = Joel T. |last2 = Heinen |s2cid = 90935392 |doi-access = free }}{{cite news |url = https://www.petoskeynews.com/news/local/conservancy-receives--acre-land-donation/article_90d80bc8-bccb-539f-8e07-eb7c833b0fdc.html |title = Conservancy Receives 16-Acre Land Donation |first1 = Lindsay |last1 = Gingrich |date = April 4, 2018 |newspaper = Petoskey News-Review |access-date = April 14, 2018 }}{{cite news |url = https://www.petoskeynews.com/news/local/conservancy-to-mark-earth-day-with-tree-planting/article_f52e0598-fb82-50a6-abbb-1a094b4a5cd9.html |title = Conservancy to Mark Earth Day with Tree Planting |first1 = Lindsay |last1 = Gingrich |date = April 5, 2018 |newspaper = Petoskey News-Review |access-date = April 14, 2018 }}{{cite journal |first1 = T. |last1 = Grier |url = http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/udetmr68&div=17&id=&page= |journal = University of Detroit Law Review |volume = 68 |page = 193 |date = 1990–1991 |title = Conservation Easements: Michigan's Land Preservation Tool of the 1990s |accessdate = April 14, 2018 }}{{cite book |title = Michigan Free: Your Comprehensive Guide to Free Travel, Recreation ... |first1 = Eric |last1 = Freedman |year = 1993 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mXM7OKg0VowC&pg=PA23 |location = Ann Arbor |publisher = University of Michigan Press |page = 23 |isbn = 9780472082001 |oclc = 27812674 |access-date = April 14, 2018 |via = Google Books }}{{cite book |first1 = Samuel N. |last1 = Stokes |first2 = A. Elizabeth |last2 = Watson |first3 = Shelley S. |last3 = Mistral |year = 1997 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_uKwa_B-ywsC&pg=PA368 |title = Saving America's Countryside: A Guide to Rural Conservation |edition = 2nd |location = Baltimore |publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press |page = 368 |isbn = 9780801855474 |oclc = 35808341 |access-date = April 14, 2018 |via = Google Books }}

It is made up of two Michigan non-profit corporations, Little Traverse Conservancy, Inc., founded in 1972,{{cite web |url = https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?ID=800873569&SEARCH_TYPE=1 |title = Little Traverse Conservancy, Inc. |publisher = Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs |accessdate = April 14, 2018 }} and Little Traverse Conservancy Conservation Trust, founded in 1990.{{cite web |url = https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?ID=800885771&SEARCH_TYPE=1 |title = Little Traverse Conservancy Conservation Trust |publisher = Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs |accessdate = April 14, 2018 }}