We closed out the 2017 Nonprofit Leaders Series in December with a presentation from Mark VanderKlipp of NorthSky Nonprofit Network. His workshop, “Better Stories by Design: Crafting Narratives that Stick,” focused on the different ways our own personal stories, and the stories or our organizations, can be used to educate, entertain or inspire others. Here’s … More Educate, Entertain and Inspire with Better Stories
This article brought to you by our friends at the AuSable Valley Audubon. In 2006, AuSable Valley Audubon members introduced an event to educate and celebrate with local governing powers and interested nature enthusiasts the impact and importance of a bird migration area named Tawas Point. Tawas Point State Park‘s peninsula is surrounded by sandy … More Tawas Point Migration 2018, Birders Welcome
Grants awarded by Bay Area Community Foundation and Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network (WIN) will provide initial funding for a stormwater assessment in the city of Au Gres, on the Saginaw Bay. A $7,500 grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Restoration Fund at Bay Area Community Foundation and a $10,000 grant from Saginaw Bay WIN … More Funding for Au Gres Stormwater Assessment Launches Latest Huron Pines Project to Improve Water Quality in Saginaw Bay
Snow is falling. Decorations are being hung. The holiday season is here. We’re celebrating the season by sharing stories of the people, places and memories that matter most to us. We owe all of our favorite memories to nature, and of all the gifts we’ve been given over the years, nothing compares to the … More Give Back to Nature By Supporting Huron Pines
There’s still time for you to make your voice heard.The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments until November 16, 2017 on recommendations to allow off-road vehicles access to thousands of miles of state forest roads across the northern Lower Peninsula. Huron Pines has real concerns about the long-term impact these decisions will have on … More We Need Your Comments: DNR Proposal Opens 6k+ Miles of Northern Michigan Trails to ORV Use
The Huron Pines AmeriCorps program has been developing leaders in conservation since 2007. We’ve come a long way over the last decade, from 9 Huron Pines AmeriCorps members in our first year to 30 members at host sites across the state in 2017, and our efforts and growth have not gone unnoticed. In 2015, we … More Huron Pines AmeriCorps: Celebrating a Decade of Service
On October 10, 6th graders from Tawas Area Schools spent the afternoon moving through six different hands-on stations to learn about the impact of invasive phragmites on the Great Lakes ecosystem. The event took place at St. Joseph Health System in Tawas City where a patch of phragmites has developed on hospital property. Huron Pines … More Invasive Species Education in the Field
A big thank you to M&M Excavating who spent the morning Saturday removing large woody debris and vegetation from the new half-mile nature trail at Vanderbilt Area School. M&M took the time to build several brush piles with the woody debris that will provide habitat for small mammals and educational opportunity for the Vanderbilt students. … More Vanderbilt Trail Building Project
Duncan Bay is one of the most ecologically significant areas along the Lake Huron shoreline. While there are studies that document the diversity and rare species, it really hit home to me when we took the Huron Pines staff out to this coastal wetland last summer. To have our team of biologists, educators, and geographers … More Forever Duncan Bay
Keith Creagh Director Michigan Department of Natural Resources PO Box 30028 Lansing, MI 48909 June 19, 2017 Re: Comments regarding revised ORV rules on state forest lands Director Creagh; Huron Pines mission is to protect the Great Lakes by conserving the forests, lakes and streams of Northeast Michigan. We work with a variety of public … More Huron Pines Take on Revised ORV Rules
