Conservation
Regenerating forests for healthy wildlife habitats
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 11-08-2017 under NONPROFITS
“The Grouse Machine” serves “The King” – and in the process, various habitants of Michigan’s forests benefit. The machine is a Caterpillar skid steer with a forestry-mulching head that the Ruffed Grouse Society...
Michigan fish hatcheries help balance the ecosystem
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 05-22-2017 under NONPROFITS
Sometimes Mother Nature needs a helping hand. That’s been especially true in Michigan when it comes to replenishing lost fish populations and establishing new ones in the Great Lakes and inland waters. By the late 19th century, fish had begun...
'Dinosaur Fish' May Outlive Us All
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 04-10-2017 under NONPROFITS
With their large suction mouth, shark-like tail, and rows of bony plates up and down its 6-foot-long body, lake sturgeon are pretty intimidating. But not to 12-year-old Elena Guc. “I think it’s really interesting how lake sturgeon have...
Flygirls Find Peace, Friendship on the Water
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 03-20-2017 under NONPROFITS
Knee-deep in a clear Michigan trout stream is Ann Miller’s happy place. “Fishing is the only time when I can escape from all life’s worries and just think about what I’m doing on the river,” said Miller, co-founder of...
Volunteers at the heart of West Michigan conservation
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 10-25-2016 under NONPROFITS
STEVENSVILLE – Standing in the warm sunlight with his hard-won prize in hand, the grin on 7-year-old Bradlee Gehlhoff’s face is infectious. But unlike most kids these days, Bradlee didn’t catch Pokémon – he caught a fistful...
More women, girls giving archery a shot
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 08-24-2016 under NONPROFITS
What happens Friday nights at the West Michigan Archery Center stays at the West Michigan Archery Center. "One of our most popular archery leagues is a women's-only group on Friday nights with upwards of two dozen women at one time, said...
The Grand River is becoming a paddlers' paradise
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 06-08-2016 under NONPROFITS
GR Paddling gets a call from folks interested in kayaking near Grand Rapids but are unsure which tributary might make the best adventure. That's where Jeff Neumann comes in. "We've got 21 different reaches to pick from on five...
Plaster Creek becomes classroom for urban, rural middle schoolers
by (Calvin College)
Submitted 06-02-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
What do a bunch of urban teenagers and country kids have in common besides braces, tests and parents telling them to look up from their screens? Well, they also share a common watershed. Over the last two semesters two schools have partnered to...
Feeding America West Michigan to expand fresh food distributions with CSX, Conservation Fund grant
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 02-26-2015 under NONPROFITS
CSX and the Conservation Fund announced today that Feeding America West Michigan is one of 10 charitable organizations in the South, Midwest and on the East Coast to receive grants to improve the transportation and distribution of fresh, healthy...
Green Fire: Film and discussion about land ethics and conservation
by (keri.amlotte)
Submitted 10-08-2014 under
Blandford Nature Center, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Land Conservancy of West Michigan, Michigan Conservation Districts, and West Michigan Environmental Action Council will be hosting a showing of the film “Green Fire, Aldo Leopold and a...