Introducing Trillium Woodlands Preserve, a New COL Property in Niles Charter Township
We are thrilled to announce that last Friday, December 8, we officially acquired a new nature preserve in Niles Charter Township! The 40-acre forested property is adjacent to another protected natural area, Trillium Ravine Plant Preserve, which is owned and managed by Michigan Nature Association.
Located on Riverside Road a few miles northwest of downtown Niles, the new property will be named Trillium Woodlands Preserve and will be open to the public for outdoor recreation.“With its high-quality forest and wetland areas, as well as the abundant spring wildflowers that give the Preserve its name, this is a really spectacular property,” said COL Executive Director Ryan Postema. “One of our priorities as an organization is to increase our impact by expanding our conservation efforts to the eastern reaches of Berrien County,” added Postema. “That gave us all the more reason to jump at the opportunity to preserve it.”
Trillium Woodlands Preserve is COL’s first nature preserve in Niles Charter Township.
COL expects to develop a trail system through the Preserve in the next year, to expand and
connect with the existing trail loop in the adjoining Trillium Ravine Plant Preserve. Other future
plans will include the construction of a gravel parking area to provide improved access to the
Preserves and installation of trail signage and markers.
Stay tuned for more updates (and plenty of trillium come spring)!
