Huron Pines is part of the Michigan Recreate Responsibility Coalition, a group of more than 50 agencies, businesses and nonprofits developing and sharing best practices to protect each other and our natural landscapes. We’re brought together by a mutual love of the outdoors and a desire to help everyone stay safe outside and protect the places we play. … More Ways to Recreate Responsibly in Winter
Jill Scarzo joined the staff in 1997 as a part-time assistant when Huron Pines was based in Grayling and had one full-time employee. In her role at the front desk, Scarzo has been the face of the organization for volunteers, partners and prospective donors. For those who have called the office, stopped by or attended a volunteer event hosted by Huron Pines over the last two decades, Scarzo was likely the first to greet them. … More Scarzo Retires After 23 Years with Huron Pines
Let me lead off with a “good” fact about ticks even though it involves another one of Michigan’s maligned creatures: A single opossum can eat thousands of ticks every season. Say what you will about the opossum, whose leathery tail and scraggly fur strike a chord of disgust in some people, but the thought of … More A Few Good Things (and the Obvious Bad Ones) About Ticks
Oscoda Area High School students took a break from their regular classroom activities to remove invasive garlic mustard on the Au Sable River alongside local volunteers and employees from Huron Pines, Consumers Energy, and the U.S. Forest Service. … More Habitat Improvements on the Au Sable Teach Students About Stewardship
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
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
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
Join the Frog-Bit Challenge and help us pull 20,000 lbs. in 2017! … More 2017 Frog-Bit Challenge
Over the weekend a story broke about the Corporation for National and Community Service (the federal agency that administers the AmeriCorps program) being targeted in the federal budget for elimination. Huron Pines AmeriCorps is part of this national program that places over 80,000 people in communities across the nation. For Huron Pines, that was very … More Recent AmeriCorps News