Get out the pruners and shovels!
Help remove invasive knapweed and swamp thistle near Gratiot Lake and at the GLC Sanctuary
Thursday, June 20
9 AM to 12 PM Contact Bonnie at GLC for meeting location
Saturday, July 13
9 AM to 3 PM (Raindate July 14)
Instructor: nature educator Brian Rajdl
Location: Noblet Field Station and Gratiot Lake Preserve
Learn to track animals and to interpret the signs they leave behind.
Tracks, scats, feathers, fur, rubs, chews, lays, dens, and burrows are all signs to help identify
WHO has been there,
WHAT they were doing,
WHEN they were there,
WHERE their trail leads.
Also, interpret WHY they left that particular sign, and HOW it might feel to be that animal.
Fee: $20 ($15 GLC members)
Children under 16 (accompanied by an adult) $5.
Instructor: nature educator Brian Rajdl
Location: Noblet Field Station and the GLC Preserve at Gratiot Lake
In this field study program for 9th through 12th graders, students collect and analyze aquatic invertebrates and compare water chemistry data from lake, streams, and beaver dam areas.
Instructor: amateur odonotist Bob Marr
Location: Sites in Keweenaw County
Fee: $20 ($15 GLC members)
Learn identification, safe capture and release, and techniques for observation of these “winged dragons” and “neon toothpicks.”
Appropriate for adults and children 11 and older with an interest in nature (accompanied by an adult).
FEE: Space is limited and advance enrollment is required.
The fee for this 2-day workshop is $80
($60 for Gratiot Lake Conservancy members).
Fee includes a field notebook. Download
enrollment form pdf.
SCHOLARSHIP: A Janet Avery Scholarship is available. Interested applicants should email Bonnie Hay at belh@verizon.net
Please indicate your affiliation, why you would like to attend the workshop, and how you intend to use what you learn in your work, studies, or teaching.
Put “Aquatic Plant Workshop Scholarship” in the subject line.
MICHIGAN K-12 TEACHERS will earn 12 SCECHS (State Continuing Education Clock Hours) by participating in this workshop.
Natural Shoreline Landscapes:
tools and resources for lakeshore landowners, lakeshore stewards, and professional land managers
Monday, August 26
9 am to 4 pm
At Gratiot Lake and the Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT) Marsin Center
Workshop leader: Jane Herbert,
Senior Water Resource Educator with Michigan State University Extension
and Vice-Chair of the Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership*
Sponsored by Gratiot Lake Conservancy (GLC) and Keweenaw Land Trust
Location: Gratiot Lake in the morning and KLT’s Marsin Center on the south side of the Portage waterway near Oscar in the afternoon.
Advance registration required. Group size is limited. Register early to assure your place!
Fee for full day is $50, 1⁄2 day $30
You may come for full day or half day (at either location). Download registration form here.
Check should be made out to “Gratiot Lake Conservancy” and mailed along with enrollment form to
Gratiot Lake Conservancy P.O. Box 310
Mohawk, MI 49950
