Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

Conservation is a team effort — and this sponsor is a cornerstone of that team. Today we're celebrating our Watershed Level Business Sponsor, Quiet Moose Home, whose leadership strengthens conservation across the entire Walloon Lake Watershed. Their support expands public access to natural spaces. Thank you for protecting the place we all love.

06/13/2026

Join us this week for our second installment of the WLAC Summer Speaker Series!
Sign up at www.walloon.org/events

Join WLAC and Katie Gray from CAKE Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area for a summer lecture on aquatic and terrestrial invasive species affecting the Walloon Lake watershed. Learn how these species spread, the impacts they have on ecosystems and water quality, and what can be done to manage and prevent them. This session highlights practical steps residents and visitors can take to protect the landscape and lake.

This event is free and open to the public.
Register at: https://www.walloon.org/wlac-summer-speaker-series-2026/

06/12/2026

WLAC members don’t just support conservation; they are connected to it. Our members receive The Wallooner printed newsletter three times per year, our annual member directory, and our biweekly Walloon Wave e-newsletter. Our members are part of a community that understands the importance of protecting this place.

Membership keeps you informed, involved, and inspired.

Join or renew today and help connect community and conservation: https://bit.ly/WLACmembership

06/11/2026

We’re grateful for the businesses who stand with WLAC. Today we’re celebrating our Lake Level Business Sponsors — businesses whose partnership strengthens WLAC’s conservation and education work. Their support helps us care for streams, forests, and shorelines. We’re proud to recognize your support. Thank you!

06/10/2026

We’re honored to spotlight a Watershed Business Sponsor whose support fuels real impact. Today we're celebrating Elaine Keiser Architect, Inc., whose leadership strengthens conservation across the entire Walloon Lake Watershed. Their generosity helps us protect the streams that feed Walloon Lake. Your support makes a lasting difference. Thank you!

06/09/2026

When it comes to wake sports, depth is the single most important factor in reducing ecological impact.

In deeper water, wake energy fades before it reaches the lakebed. But in shallow water, that same energy stirs up sediment, uproots plants, and degrades habitat.

Choosing deeper areas for wake surfing protects Walloon’s clarity and ecology, and it’s one of the easiest ways to Make Waves Wisely. This is why the WLAC recommends keeping wake sports to depths greater than 20 feet.

Be sure to reference our updated wake sports map to help you make waves wisely in the deepest areas of the lake.


https://www.walloon.org/what-we-do/people/safety/

06/08/2026

Join WLAC and Katie Gray from CAKE Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area for a summer lecture on aquatic and terrestrial invasive species affecting the Walloon Lake watershed. Learn how these species spread, the impacts they have on ecosystems and water quality, and what can be done to manage and prevent them. This session highlights practical steps residents and visitors can take to protect the landscape and lake.

This event is free and open to the public.
Register at: https://www.walloon.org/wlac-summer-speaker-series-2026/

06/08/2026

Meaningful support makes meaningful impact. Our Headwaters Level Business Sponsors provide meaningful annual support that sustains WLAC's conservation and stewardship programs. Their investment protects Walloon Lake's natural resources. We appreciate your committment!

06/07/2026

We’re honored to receive a $26,843 grant from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation through the Little Traverse Bay Protection and Restoration Fund to implement the Fields Preserve Trails Restoration Project. Funding will be used to enhance the trail user experience and protect sensitive natural resources at one of our flagship Ambassador Preserves.

The project will reconstruct the trailhead parking lot to reduce runoff, replace an undersized trails culvert near the Schoof’s Creek headwaters with a trail bridge, replace a failing section of boardwalk, and construct a new section of boardwalk along a tributary of Schoof’s Creek.

Read more here: https://www.walloon.org/wlac-receives-26843-grant-for-fields-preserve-trail-restoration-project/