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Emilyn Staat
- May 16
- 1 min
Biological Monitoring in Bloom
Field season is almost here! Spring is prepping season for us as we assess what projects need attention and create our annual monitoring...
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Makena Ridiros
- Apr 11
- 2 min
On a Mission for Mushrooms
NMU student, Makena Ridiros shares her experience working with UPLC on her senior capstone project Since moving to Marquette from my...
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Kenna Sanford
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Habitat Fragmentation
Human interference can pose a threat to the habitats that give home to a wide range of species and it can affect their quality of life....
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Andrea Denham
- Feb 20
- 3 min
A Letter From the Executive Director
UPLC Turns a New Leaf in Leadership Dear Friends of the UP Land Conservancy, I have some very big news to share with you today, both for...
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Emilyn Staat
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Internship Reflection
The U.P. holds many hidden treasures for those who explore deep in its forests. Off the beaten path, one can find misty waterfalls,...
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Clare
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
Stories From Stewardship
Heading toward the dark curtain of conifers in the distance, we shuffled through fallen leaves the autumn winds had shaken off the aspen...
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Hannah
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
The Dead River Lives On
It's official! The Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy (UPLC), with the help of the Nature Conservancy, several foundations including the...
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Hannah
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
UPLC Innovation Featured at Rally 2022
This September, thousands of conservation professionals gathered in New Orleans for the annual Land Trust Alliance event known as...
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Hannah
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Welcoming Wildflowers🌼
Traveling long distances through the UP, small and neatly packaged plant plugs reached the UPLC office on a Friday afternoon. These plugs...
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Hannah
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
Hedgehog Time!
Most mushrooms have gills or pores on their undersides. Hedgehogs don’t. Instead, they have brittle little spines that come off easily....
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Adam Berger
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Black Trumpets, gourmet mushrooms
There’s gourmet food in the woods. And it’s free. Adding wild-harvested black trumpets to any savory dish makes for a richer culinary...
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Andrea Denham
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Donor advised funds - an easy way to give back
Thank you so much to Mark and Christine Troudt for using their donor advised fund to support this incredibly generous gift! This fund is...
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Andrea Denham
- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
Golden Chanterelles, Reclassifying a Culinary Favorite
Golden chanterelles (Cantharellus genus) are popping up right now. These are great mushrooms for beginners. They’re relatively easy to...
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Andrea Denham
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
Mushroom Hunting is a Fall Sport in the U.P.
When it comes to mushroom hunting, morels get all the press. Most parts of the Midwest have nice spring flushes of morel species,...
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Clare
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
In the Field- Stewardship and Monitoring Season
This time of year is a busy season for Stewardship staff balancing time out in the field while still cranking away behind our desks....
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Jordann
- May 26, 2022
- 2 min
The Best "Class" Ever...
JORDANN STEPHENSON - MARESA INTERN Last spring as a junior at Marquette Senior High School, a teacher of mine encouraged me to make the...
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Emily
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min
Planting roots at a new office!
Starting May 1st, the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy will be moving to a new office in the Harlow Building located at 102 W Washington...
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Clare
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Birding at the Bayou
Spring migration is here! Twice each year, billions of birds take flight on migration between their wintering and breeding grounds. At...
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Adam Berger
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
History behind the Dead River Trestle
In the coming year, the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy (UPLC) will add two properties to the existing Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserv
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