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Join us on Saturday, May 18 for a Stewardship Day at Robinson Woods!
Help us finish up our improvements to Robinson Woods Preserve, which are helping to make it more accessible to the public! Meet us at Robinson Woods Preserve at 9:45 am on Saturday, May 18 to put up a cedar split rail fence around the new parking lot. read more |
Chikaming Open Lands is applying for renewal of accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. The program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting natural places and working lands in perpetuity. Chikaming Open Lands was among the first 39 land trusts out of 1,700 in the United States to be accredited when the program was initiated in 2008. read more |
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Peter Van Nice, Board of Directors
Peter Van Nice led the effort to create Chikaming Open Lands in 1999 and served as the first President. He has a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Peter spent his business career in marketing and corporate finance with the International Harvester Company and later, as a US Government bond trader at the Chicago Board of Trade. He chaired the Chikaming Township Master Plan Committee and has consulted with the Township Planning Commission. Peter is an avid amateur horticulturalist and landscape architect.
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