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Missaukee Conservation District
6180 W Sanborn, Suite 3
Lake City, MI 49651
 sherry.blaszak@macd.org
231.839.7193

 

 

  • Friendly Garden Club Garden Walk - Saturday, July 14, The N.E.W. Missaukee Foot Trail was one of the five gardens featured this year. The gardens and trail are open for the public to visit, exercise or sit on the newly installed benches and watch the wildlife. Stop and visit the ever changing flower beds and increasing birds and butterflies.

  • Free Water Testing

  • No Dumping Drains to Lake

  • Annual Dinner -

    When: Monday, January 29, 2007 @ 6:00 PM
    Where: Timber Wolf Lake Camp
    Cost: $12.50 adults
               $10.00 10 & under
    Guest Speaker: Dr. Pat Rusz, Michigan Wildlife Conservancy's
                                    Director of Wildlife Programs
    Topic: Cougars/Myth or Reality
    Awards:

                        Groundwater Conservation Award - The Haskin Family
                                        Sponsored by GreenStone Farm Credit Services,
                                                                  7597 S Mackinaw Trail
                                                                  Cadillac, MI 49601
                                                                  231.775.1361

    Friend of Conservation Award - Dean Sandell
                    Sponsored by Chemical Bank West
                                              1408 N Mitchell Street
                                              Cadillac, MI 49601
                                              231.775.8588

                 Volunteer Recognition -
              Earth Team Volunteer, Beverly Lind, celebrated fifteen years with the District
              Volunteers - Paula Miceli, Michele Bernier, Marcia Wieringa, Dale Bogard,
                Lois Matteson, Linda Black, Jessica Davidson, Mary Beth Montague, John
                Kendziorski, and Sheila Gaeschke
                                    Sponsored by Citizens Bank of Falmouth
                                                          500 E Prosper Road
                                                          Falmouth, MI 49632
                                                          231.826.3306

    For more information regarding cougars in Michigan, click on the following links:
    Michigan Department of Natural Resources-
                http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_43573---,00.html
    The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy-
                http://www.miwildlife.org/

  • Enhancing Your Landscaping Knowledge Workshop
        When: Saturday, June 3, 2006
                Immediately following the Friendly Garden Club Plant Sale
        Where:  Old fire barn behind Subway, Lake City
         Topics Covered:

    • Landscaping in Urban Settings
          Linda Black, Master Gardener

    • Benefits of Native Plants in Your Backyard
          Alix Cleveland, USDA Forest Service

    Enhancing your Landscaping Knowledge Workshops targets (but is not limited to) property owners with less than five acres made possible by a grant from the Department of Natural Resources, Forest, Mineral and Fire Management, Urban and Community Forestry Program with funding from the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry.

  • Pests on Ornamentals Plus Tree and Shrub Identification
           When:     Thursday, June 29, 2006
        Where: Maple Grove Park
        Topics Covered:

    • Pests on Ornamentals and How to Control
      Dr. Duke Elsner, Agricultural Agent, MSU Extension

    • Tree & Shrub Identification
      Larry Thompson, Retired Horticulturalist, University of Illinois
      and current Missaukee Conservation District Board Member

      Pests on Ornamentals plus Tree and Shrub Identification targets (but is not limited to)  property owners with less than five acres made possible by a grant from the Department of Natural Resources, Forest, Mineral and Fire Management, Urban and Community Forestry Program with funding from the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry.

  • 2005 Log Cabin Raffle - A new 28X40' log cabin raffle was unveiled at the Annual Dinner, October 11, 2004. Missaukee Conservation District raffled a log cabin on 3.5 acres located at 7380 S. Forward Road, McBain, MI (1/4 - 1/2 mile south of Falmouth). 3500 tickets were available for $50 each.  The winning ticket was drawn October 17, 2005. Missaukee Conservation Club Raffle License #78737.

  • Annual Dinner  Monday, October 17, 2005
    Timber Wolf Lake Camp, M-66, Lake City
     

    • Program "What's Meth got to do with Conservation?"
      Program by Mitch Stevens, MI State Trooper
       

    • Awards were given, fantastic dinner, directors elected, terrific program, door prizes given, Dairy Tour posters voted on, and the winning log cabin raffle was drawn by Sheriff Bosscher.

$12.50 adults, $10 children 10 & under,
registration and payment due by October 13th

tickets available at the door
$15 adults, and $12.50 children

  • Native Plant Workshop   -  October 8, 2005 Benefits of landscaping with native plants and a native plant sale are highlights of this workshop. Maple Grove Building, Davis Street, Lake City.
    Lavender Hyssop Big Blue Stem
    Wild Columbine Swamp Milkweed
    Butterfly Weed Sky Blue Aster
    Smooth Blue Aster Wild Senna
    Buttonbush Lanceleaf Coreopsis
    Purple Coneflower Boneset
    Bottlebrush Grass Blue Flag Iris
    Junegrass Cardinal Flower
    Great Blue Lobelia Lupine
    Wild Bergamot, Beebalm Switch Grass
    Purple Prairie Coneflower Mountain Mint
    Swamp Rose Culver's Root
    Giant Ironweed  

What an evening we had planned at Timber Wolf Lake Camp on Monday, October 11. Michael Glenn Monroe, Artist and Illustrator of children's books arrived at 5:00 for a book signing.  Dinner started at 6:00 with Birds of Prey as the evenings entertainment. It was inspiring to hear the Bald Eagle cry.   Guest speaker, Jesse Gabbard of Michigan United Conservation Club, presented "Birds of Prey" featuring live birds. This presentation was sponsored by a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and Traverse Area Arts Council.

Dinner guests cast their votes to determine the winning Dairy Tour Poster. Missaukee and Wexford fifth grade students were invited to attend Many Blessings Dairy Tour. Each class is then asked to create a poster about their experiences during the tour. The winning class received a cow party. McKinley Elementary, Mrs. Hunt's class is the winner of a cow party with ice cream floats.

 

  • Native Plant Sale -  was held at Maple Grove Park across from Lake City Middle School, in 2004, during Festival of the Pines. Vern Stephens from "Designs by Nature" gave a presentation at 11:00 and was there to answer your landscaping questions. Woodland, rescued and native plants were for sale. An afternoon of invigorating plant talk is always exciting.

  • Crooked Lake Project -

    McBain Rural Agricultural School and Missaukee Conservation District met on 5-24-2004 at Crooked Lake Campground to spread wood chips on pathways for hikers and bikers to enjoy this camping season.

     

 

Local Students Become Energy Stars!
 

**2003 Log Cabin Winner was...

Ticket #3111 - Floyd Briggs

**Queen Size White Birch Bed Winner is

Ticket #1166 - Gary Denny

**Winner of the Log Cabin Model is

Ticket #1101 - Rae Waller

***A new raffle was unveiled October 11, 2004 at our Annual Dinner.

2003 National Association of Conservation District Annual Poster Contest Winners for Missaukee County.  Congratulations to .....

  • Arbor Week Seedling Distribution

Each spring Missaukee County fifth grade students receive 2 seedlings when our Forester, Gary Bucklin, goes to their classrooms and talks about the importance of trees in our community. 

 

  • Dairy Tour                                      

Each fall area schools spend a day touring Many Blessings Dairy in Lucas, owned by Ken and Brenda DeZeeuw.  Approximately 400 fifth grade students are given the opportunity to listen to various speakers discuss all aspects of dairy farming.  They also get to make their own butter,  learn what types of food cows eat, sometimes see cows being milked or having their hooves trimmed, visit with a veterinarian, and taste nutritious snacks. 

               Funding for this special day came from :

 
Ken and Brenda DeZeeuw, Many Blessings Dairy Missaukee Conservation District
Great Lakes Dairy Supply Missaukee MSU Extension
Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) Airport Animal Clinic
United Dairy Industry of Michigan (UDIM) Stoney Corners Vet Service
Great Lakes Dairy Supply Ina Store
VanPolen Toilets Pioneer Seeds (Greg Buning)
Meekhof Hoof Trimming Falmouth Co-op
Natural Resources Conservation Service Ellens Equipment
Walk Rite Hoof Trimming Wexford Conservation District
Ellens Equipment Al Kushion (McBain High School Teacher)
Greenstone Farm Credit Services Ebels Family Center
Wexford MSU Extension McBain High School Students
Lake City Experimental Station Handrich Farm Supply
McBain Grain Company Voelker Implement
Carter's (Cadillac)  

  Thank you for helping our students appreciate Dairy Farmers!

  • Muskegon River Clean-Up, Merritt Area 2002

The river was opened up from Reedsburg Dam all the way to Ben Jeff's Park. All litter was picked up with the help of Al Kushion's  Ecology class from McBain High School. Thanks again to area businesses for their donations. Many thanks to all who volunteered including Bob and Pat Holt of White Birch Canoe Livery for donating the use of canoes and Missaukee County Road Commission for picking up the garbage from the river clean-up.