Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and dynamic speaker.
She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has authored three books about these adventures.
To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to
http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/
I hike many of the wonderful trails in and around Traverse City to keep in shape for my adventures.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is nearby and the Leelanau Conservancy has preserved many tracts of land on the Leelanau Peninsula.
[I blogged about one of their lovely hiking areas, Clay Cliffs.]
Today the organization called for volunteers to help create a new trail in the DeYoung Natural Area.
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This natural area is west of Cedar Lake on the Leelanau Peninsula |
Volunteers joined with board members, Americorps workers, and conservancy employees to work on a 1-mile loop of new trail.
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Volunteers gather with Leelanau Conservancy board members and employees |
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Here I am ready to help clear the trail |
We clipped vegetation encroaching on the trail, removed roots, tilled up the trail, then tamped it down.
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A vine leaves its mark |
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Invasive Japanese Barberry |
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When done, there will be a new, 1-mile loop of groomed trail here |
Learn more about the important work this conservancy is doing at
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