Recent Posts

A concerned citizen sent us a link to the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve blog, which discusses the concerns for a possible sulfide mining being proposed in the area. If you're interested in the pristine natural areas around the Yellow Dog Plains area, you may be interested in reading this:

http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org/blog/sulfide-mining-campaign/

The Northwest Michigan Cooperative Weed Management Area is looking for an Invasive Plant Proram Coordinator to manage their outreach and education efforts in Benzie, Leelanau, Lake and Manistee Counties. Read more about this opportunity at:

http://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/atf/cf/{b4af8f8b-e671-4661-b91b-d446ce18410d}/NWM_CWMA_JOB_DESCRIPTION.DOC

Received this announement from Mickey Knorr with the Huron-Manistee National Forests. Check it out if your interested in some field time monitoring this awesome native species!

Visit the following URL to view the flyer: http://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/atf/cf/{b4af8f8b-e671-4661-b91b-d446ce18410d}/KBB_OUTREACH_2010.DOC

The Raisin Cluster has started having monthly networking get togethers on the first Tuesday evening of every month. The locations of these meetings may change from month to month to highlight different areas, so please check the Stewardship Network website for month-specific details. Future meetings will be held from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

The first meeting was a great success! Lisa Brush, Executive Director of the Stewardship Network, presented with local land owners on the details of a pending grant that will bring High Resolution Digital Aerial Imagery into the stewardship work around the Upper River Raisin Watershed. Over twenty people came to discuss this exciting topic. Read about it in more detail at: http://www.blogsmonroe.com/expatriate/2010/03/group-seeks-grant-for-high-resolution-imagery-of-upper-river-raisin/

Good afternoon, everybody!

Spring is upon us and we're moving towards the heavy season for our Stewardship Network workshops and workdays! Now that our Cluster event announcements are going out Network-wide, we're seeing more travel happening between Clusters. We hope you'll consider sharing a ride with fellow stewards. Carpooling lets you save money on gas, reduce your carbon footprint, and offers you the time to get to know a fellow steward!

If you're interested in carpooling, you can post your details under the "Carpooling" section of the forum as a New Topic. For ease of use, you might consider including the workshop you're heading to and where your coming from in the subject line of your post. That way, people will know at a glance if they're between you and your destination, and they can contact you about sharing a ride. If you're uncomfortable posting your contact information in the forum, you can ask people to reply to your post instead.

Thanks for reading, everyone. I hope you all enjoy the 2010 workshops!

Hey all!

It was great to have to opportunity to partner with the folks of the Midwest Invasive Plant Network this year. We had record attendance this year, and we've been getting tons of great feedback from everyone people who attended. Hope everyone (and their friends!) will be able to join us on January 21st and 22nd, 2011 in East Lansing for the next Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems Conference.

Meghan's gotten a lot of our 2010 presenters' powerpoints up on the the website if you'd like to go check them out: http://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/site/c.hrLOKWPILuF/b.5187337/k.2FA/2011_Stewardship_Network_Conference.htm

Hi all,

Last year the Michigan Department of Transportation announced that it would be doing less mowing of roadsides, and just recently the County Road Association of Michigan (county road commissions and construction companies) released a report that road commissions are mowing less and paving less. Some are even converting some paved roads to gravel.
http://www.micountyroads.org/
I don't know much about roadside ecology and conservation issues, but maybe this is an opportunity? Perhaps some road commissions that have been set in their ways before might be more willing to listen to conservation concerns if they the mean a net savings?

We're seeking qualified individuals to fill 3 seasonal positions in Oakland Township, Mi.
These positions will start in May, and continue through August.
Visit Six Rivers website www.sixriversrlc.org or Oakland Township's website at www.oaklandtownship.org.

Please note, the deadline for applications has been extended until March 17th.

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[Education Internship at DeVries Nature Conservancy]

Education Internship at DeVries Nature Conservancy

DeVries Nature Conservancy is a non-profit organization in Owosso,
MI. The mission of the DeVries Nature Conservancy is to inspire
curiosity and foster learning about Michigan’s natural history and
rural past by providing engaging, individualized, and unique
experiences to the public. Applications for the education internship
opportunity are now being accepted. For more information on DeVries
Nature Conservancy, its education programs, and its stewardship
goals, visit the website at www.devriesnature.org.

Internship Title: Education and Events Intern
Reports to: Environmental Education Coordinator, Tracy McMullen
Location: DeVries Nature Conservancy
2635 N. M-52, Owosso, MI 48867
Job Summary: The intern will work closely with the Environmental
Education Coordinator, and on occasion the Executive Director on
educational programming, special events and other tasks. Duties will
include helping to plan and run preschool programs, homeschool
programs, monthly special events, two weeks of an art/nature summer
camp, planning and curriculum design, clerical duties, and visitor
studies. This is an unpaid internship. Working with your university
to establish the possibility for college credit is an option.
Applicants must have a strong interest in science, good
communication skills and the ability to work with people of all ages.

Download the application from our website at: http://sites.google.com/a/devriesnature.org/home/internships