Preserves offer more than 600 acres of pure nature
The ongoing pandemic changed everything. Businesses closed for stretches or opened at a reduced capacity. For many, 2020 was a life of work from home, learn from home and home delivery.
And, it seems, we wanted to explore the outdoors. The more than 600 acres over 22 preserves that make up the Chippewa Watershed Conservancy had its busiest year in terms of visitors hiking, running trails, watching birds and enjoying nature.
“It was an explosion of activity for us,” said Alexis Wixson, the development and outreach coordinator for the Watershed Conservancy.
This year, the Chippewa Watershed Conservancy is challenging its visitors: Download the Passport to Adventure sponsored by Krapohl Ford & Lincoln and take on some of the 50 adventures listed. Some are as simple as visiting a preserve. Others include: A sunrise hike at Bundy Hill Preserve; a full-moon hike at any of the preserves; paddle the Chippewa River; paddle Coldwater Lake to Kjolhede’s Kove Preserve; and find a porcupine den tree
The Watershed Conservancy is our community partner for the month of April. You’ll learn more about the preserves on our Facebook page and on this blog. Krapohl Ford & Lincoln also will promote and participate in a volunteer event later this month to help rid a preserve of an invasive species. We hope you’ll find a way to join us that day to help maintain the preserves, which stretch over Isabella, Clare, Gratiot, Mecosta and Montcalm counties.
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