Stroll the Shores & More
Join New Community Vision to see first-hand how together we can preserve the former Timber Shores property. We offer exclusive opportunities to see this unique 214-acre gem on Grand Traverse Bay. Scroll down to view the calendar and registration links.
Hosted Walks
Sign up for small group, guided walks this summer with NCV Board Members + rotating guest docents to discuss different themes. Walks start at 10am.
Dates Below
Calendar
Join the New Community Vision team on a guided walk of the former Timber Shores property. Each walk will be led by NCV board members and will highlight the important environmental and natural features of the property. Each walk will be kept to a small group size (10), starting at 10am and lasting about 1.5 hours.
Wed, June 12
Birding
Guest docent: Greg Nobles
Sat, June 15
Birding
Guest docent: Greg Nobles
Mon, June 17
NCV Partner Highlight: Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Guest docent: Brett Fessel and/or Naomi Louchouarn
Sat, June 22
Birding
Guest docent: Ed Ketterer
Docents
Greg Nobles
Greg joins us as a local, avid, experienced birder. He is a historian and author, including John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman.
Ed Ketterer
Ed is a local, avid, experienced birder. Ed is a retired intellectual property attorney with many years of experience on the boards of land conservation nonprofit organizations.
Brett Fessell
Brett is a Restoration Section Leader for Natural Resources Department of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. NCV has formed a strategic partnership with the GTB to preserve and restore the great majority of this special property as a nature preserve.
Larry Mawby
Larry Mawby runs Peninsula Housing, a Community Land Trust. NCV has established a collaboration with PH to explore attainable housing options on a small portion of the land.
Naomi Louchouarn
Naomi is with the Natural Resources Department of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.NCV has formed a strategic partnership with the GTB to preserve and restore the great majority of this special property as a nature preserve.
Our Board
Two NCV Board Members will be lead each walk as hosting docents. Read their bios here.