love of the land
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photo by Allison Jarrell
WILLIAM B. DERBY, JR. NATURE PRESERVE If you read our feature on the Les Cheneaux Islands (pg. 40), you already know that the northern shore of Lake Huron— including this preserve, protected by Little Traverse Conservancy—is a wildly special waterfront. Hike the 1.5-mile loop through this biodiverse boreal forest, and you’ve stepped back in time. Scattered between towering cedar and fir trees lie massive boulders blanketed in every shade of green moss, left behind from the glacial melt more than 10,000 years ago. -A.J.
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