Northern Michigan conservancy seeks volunteers to help build trails, open new preserves Updated Apr 14, 10:51 AM; Posted Apr 14, 10:51 AM The Mount Minnie Nature Preserve, between Platte and Little Platte lakes in Benzie County, will open to the public later this year. | Photo by Noah Jurik, used with permission Facebook Share TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. -- Love Northern Michigan’s great outdoors and want to keep it pristine? You might be just the kind of volunteer that a Traverse City-based conservation organization is seeking. The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is putting out a call for volunteers to pitch in on upcoming and ongoing work, including multiple trail building projects, invasive species removal efforts, the opening of new nature preserves, and maintaining the care for more than 10,000 acres of land.