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COVID-19 spurs visits to nature sanctuaries


By Kirsten Rintelmann
Capital News Service
Michigan residents have spent more time outdoors, visiting conservancy-owned preserves and sanctuaries, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
That higher use of conservancy-owned locations across the state mirrors the experience at state and national public lands where the public sought outdoor recreation while the pandemic was limiting indoor activities.
“A key objective is not giving just an outdoor experience, but also teaching,” said Helen Taylor, the state director of the Nature Conservancy in Michigan. “Our hope is to educate the public.”
“Land conservancies, also known as land trusts, are community-based, nonprofit organizations dedicated to the permanent protection and stewardship of natural and working lands for the public good,” according to Bay City-based Heart of the Lakes, which represents such organizations across the state. ....

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