Events

Current Events

April 25    Seedling Sale, 9 am - 5 pm
            Missaukee County Road Commission,
            1 mile north of Lake City on M-66
            The coffee and donuts are on us!
            The Woodchuckery will be on site displaying how to
            build arbors and other rustic furniture pieces
April 26    Seedling Sale, 9 am - 1 pm
            Missaukee County Road Commission,
            1 mile north of Lake City on M-66
            The coffee and donuts are on us!
            The Woodchuckery will be on site displaying how to
            build arbors and other rustic furniture pieces

                            Wildlife Food Plot Workshop 10 am
                      Learn the steps to a successful food plot!!!
                      Seed will be available for purchase
                      Missaukee County Road Commission

Qualified Forest Program Workshop, 11 am - 12 pm
Learn how to save $$ on your property taxes
Missaukee County Road Commission

May 3       Log Cabin Drawing, 1 pm
            Missaukee County Offices
            6180 W Sanborn Road
            Lake City, MI
                  Native Plant Sale, 11 am - 1:30
            Missaukee County Offices
            6180 W Sanborn Road
                  Seedling Sale Product available at the Native Plant Sale
May 20 Board Meeting, 7:00 pm
Community Room, Missaukee County Offices
June 3       N.E.W. Missaukee Fitness Trail & Native Gardens
            Expansion Begins...
            Want to help? Give us a call, 231.839.7193 or
            e-mail chere.elenbaas@macd.org
June 10 Board Meeting 7:00 pm
Community Room, Missaukee County Offices
July 14 Free Water Testing for nitrates, atrazines and triazines
July 26 Outdoor Fiesta!
- Lawn Care workshop
- Twig Furniture Workshop - make your own rustic chair.
  Cost $145 - Registration required with $75 deposit
- Stay tuned for much more......

Annual Dinner-
One hundred fifty people attended the 58th Annual Dinner
which took place Thursday, February 21, 2008
at Timber Wolf Lake Camp, Lake City.
Guest Speaker, Mark Romanack & his Black Lab, Mason
presented "Dog Gone Labs".

Mark Romanack is an award winning outdoor writer, book author and television host who calls Northern Michigan home. He is Host of Fishing 411 "information" Television and Pro Staffer, Jay's Outdoor Magazine Television.

Mason is a three-year-old black lab with extensive waterfowl and upland game hunting credits across American and Canada. The
multi-media presentation "Dog Gone Labs" used video images to demonstrate what a well-trained lab and handler are capable of in the field. Together Mark and Mason make up an educational and entertaining hunting team.

Awards were presented to:

Vern & Angeline VandePol

Friend of Agriculture Award
Sponsored by Greenstone Farm Credit Services

Fox & Audrey Raden Family

Friend of Conservation Award

Donald & Gaylia Anger

Forest Steward Award

Sponsored by Citizens Bank, Falmouth

Project R.E.D
Almost 500 Missaukee and Wexford County fifth grade students visited Many Blessings Dairy and Crooked Lake Campground to attend Rural Education Days. For the eleventh year students have been invited to the farm in Lucas for a guided tour and mini-sessions about the process required to produce milk. Sheep and horse sessions are also included in the tour.

This is the first year the students were invited to Crooked Lake for outdoor education. Students attended Soils, Forestry, Water Safety, Groundwater Protection, Hopkins Creek Donkey Farm and Dog Gone Labs (dog training with Mark and Mari Romanack).

The N.E.W. Missaukee Fitness Trail-
An additional one-quarter mile was added to the trail this fall; more than .5 mile will be added summer 2008. Click on the Foot Trail link for more information.

The N.E.W. Missaukee Fitness Trail is located at Missaukee County Offices,
6180 W. Sanborn Road, Lake City. Come walk the trail and enjoy!

Volunteers are always appreciated. Give our office a call and let us know what you are interested in!
No Dumping, Drains to Lake-

Stormwater management has become a concern in the City of Lake City. We partnered with the City as well as Lake City Schools to identify stormwater drains in combination with an education campaign.
Lake Missaukee overflow feeds into the Mosquito Creek, which flows into the Clam River, which is part of the Muskegon River Watershed. The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly lists the Mosquito Creek sub-watershed as an area of critical concern for surface water runoff. It is important to the Muskegon River Watershed ecosystem to address the issues related to stormwater discharge.
Lake City's stormwater drains into Lake Missaukee untreated near several community parks where children and adults swim everyday in the summer.
Signs were attached to Lake City stop signs to remind us all of where our stormwater and runoff drains to. Door knob hangers with additional information were placed on approximately five hundred Lake City homes with the help of Allyson Cooley-Brakeman's Environmental Science students and Carrie Bisballe's sixth grade class.
This project was made possible through a grant from the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

Free Mercury Thermometer Collection - To prevent mercury from contaminating our environment. Missaukee Conservation District is offering a free fever thermometer exchange. Your old mercury fever thermometers will be replaced with new digital thermometers at no charge. "Mercury Safes" can be picked up at Jerry's Pharmacy in Foster's Supermarket, McBain Pharmacy, Missaukee County Health Department and our office. This offer is funded in part through a "Catch the Fever" grant from the Michigan Association for Local Public Health, and donations from McBain Pharmacy, Jerry's Pharmacy, Norman's Well Drilling and Missaukee County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).

Bring your mercury fever thermometer(s) to Missaukee Conservation District to exchange. We accept all of your mercury thermometers, but have a limit of 2 digital thermometers per household.

Free Water Testing - Free water testing is offered once more for drinking water wells and will take place July 14 2008. Nitrates and triazines naturally occur in our groundwater, however it is possible for excessive amounts of these components to enter our groundwater system. Confidential results will be sent to your home in six to eight weeks.

For best results be sure to:

Select sampling location-not softened or filtered, an outside faucet works well.

Collect sample in clean bottle within 24 hours of event and refrigerate.

Run water for 10-15 minutes to clear pipes.

Fill bottle completely and cap. Don't touch inside of cap.

Write name, date, and well name (ex. "Mom's well", "cottage well") on the bottle label in permanent ink.

Print and fill out the Groundwater Monitoring Program Drinking Water Well Screening Information Sheet.

Bring in to Missaukee Conservation District office prior to 3 pm.

If you would like your water tested for any other reason, contact your local health department. Missaukee County Health Department can be reached at 231.839.7167.

Phone: 231.839.7193
Fax: 231.839.5411

6180 W. Sanborn, Suite 3
Lake City, MI 49651