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Lace Up Your Hiking Boots...

This July, the #10Trail Challenge will return for its sixth consecutive year! Continue reading to view this year's featured locations.

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Want a Sneak Peek of Our Newest Preserve?

Join us at our Stewardship Day on Saturday, June 10! Help us clear the trail and be one of the first people to hike Myron Perlman Nature Preserve.

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What's unfurling in the world around you? Keep abreast of nature news, forest fun facts, and other environmental editorials. Click to see the latest.

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Kayak and Brews: A Summer Series

Join COL and Ghost Isle Brewery for a guided tour of the Galien River Marsh followed by discounted food and drinks at Ghost Isle! Click for more info.

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Chikaming Open Lands is the local land conservancy dedicated to preserving the open spaces and natural rural character of southwest Berrien County.

We protect and restore native plant and animal habitat in the area, improve water quality in our rivers, streams and in Lake Michigan, and permanently preserve ecologically significant forests, prairies and wetlands, as well as prime farmland and other open spaces in this community