February 8, 2020
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Second Saturday Workday at Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve
Help us remove invasive glossy buckthorn at Lamberton Lake Fen!...
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January 11, 2020
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Second Saturday Workday at Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve
Help us remove invasive glossy buckthorn at Lamberton Lake Fen!...
November 22, 2019
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Why we #OptOutside every Black Friday at Saul Lake Prairie
A couple weeks ago, a post from outdoor retailer REI scrolled across my Instagram feed. The post announced a new focus for this year’s edition of #OptOutside, REI’s increasingly popular push to get people outdoors on Black Friday. This time around, instead of just getting...
June 8, 2019
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Stewardship Workday at B.D. White Nature Preserve (Second Saturday)
Garlic mustard, while a nice addition to a salad, is a threat to many of our nature preserves. Join other volunteers and help pull the garlic mustard before it takes over the preserve! ...
January 2, 2019
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2018 Year in Review
As 2018 comes to a close, we look back on another whirlwind year. We added conservation agreements, helped with a major public acquisition, said goodbye to a few of our longtime staff and welcomed new staff, and we continue to be driven by a growing...
May 30, 2018
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A Day on the Burn Crew
Long before the state of Michigan was made up of a patchwork of geometric farm fields, sprawling cities, meandering highways, and stretches of forest, the state was made up mostly of a dynamic mixture of three landscapes--prairie, oak savanna, and oak forest. Those habitats shifted...
May 12, 2018
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Stewardship Workday at B.D. White Nature Preserve (Second Saturday)
Garlic mustard, while a nice addition to a salad, is a threat to many of our nature preserves. Join other volunteers and help pull the garlic mustard before it takes over the preserve! ...
February 10, 2018
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Stewardship Workday at Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve (Second Saturday)
Each winter, volunteers come out to Lamberton Lake, bundled in warm clothes and armed with loppers, to restore the fen. Lamberton Lake Fen is threatened by takeover by invasive glossy buckthorn and years of diligent work have started to show amazing sings of success. We'll...
January 13, 2018
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Stewardship Workday at Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve (Second Saturday)
Another day of collecting seeds of native prairie plants to use in restoration projects at Saul Lake Bog and other nature preserves....
November 24, 2017
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Black Friday Prairie Planting
Another day of collecting seeds of native prairie plants to use in restoration projects at Saul Lake Bog and other nature preserves....