Current Events -

 

 

• Free Water Testing-
  Water samples were collected on August 9, 2010
  until 3:00 pm at Missaukee Conservation District.
  Water samples will be tested for nitrates, nitrites and
  the pesticide, 2-4-D. Results will be mailed to your home.
   

• MAEAP Phase One Verification Meeting
  Farming Matters-
  When: Friday, June 18, 2010 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  Where: Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center
                6087 E. M-115, Cadillac, MI 49601
                231.779.1321
  Agenda:  Introduction
                  Common Insect Pests of Vegetable Gardens
                  MAEAP - What is it?
                  MAWN Weather Station and Webinars
                  Soil Amendments for Vegetable Growers
                  Conserving Native Pollinators and
                           Native Predator Insects on Farmland

• Household Hazardous Waste Collection, Saturday, June 5, 2010

• Nature Festival, May 1, 2010

• Seedling Sale, April 23 & 24, 2010

• Fall Nature Festival took place September 26, 2009. This fall the work shops were build a
  bird house, sponsored by Home Depot; make your own trail mix, donated by Foster's;
  Geocaching on the trail; and Recycling 101.

• Household Hazardous Waste Collection

• Free Water Testing
  July 20 from 9:30 - 3:30. Instructions and water test from are on the home page.
  Make sure your sample bottle never contained cherries or pickles of any type.

• Geocaching is Here-
  Go to www.geocaching.com and type in 49651 for the zip code search and
   scroll until you find "N.E.W. Missaukee Fitness Trail" and "How Good Are You?".

• 2^nd Annual Nature Festival
  Over 100 people enjoyed the trail, built bird feeders and terrariums, visited various booths, worked out with low resistant bands, purchased girl scout cookies and enjoyed a hotdog or s'more. If you are in the area, stop and visit the native gardens and nature/fitness trail.

• 2009 Seedling Sale-
  Thank you to all who supported Missaukee Conservation District with your purchases. Over 43,000 seedlings were purchased for reforestation, wildlife enhancement, windbreaks and various other reasons.

• 2008 Poster Contest-
  What an exciting year for the poster contest. "Water is Life" brought about some wonderful imaginations from Kindergarten through twelfth grade students. View Missaukee County student's winning posters and State winning posters. Michigan Conservation Districts would like to thank all of the teachers and students for their participation. Congratulations to Trey Johnson of Menominee County for his first place poster at the National Judging.

• Missaukee County Recycling Center-
  The recycling center full of activity. A new building is complete. The building was made possible by an anonymous donation of $32,656.27 in combination with Missaukee County including $10,000 to complete the project. A baler has been installed which enables product to be baled and sold.

       A grant was received for 2009 from USDA Rural Development, which brought four one year part time employees to the recycling center; a lead recycling coordinator, two assistant recycling coordinators and an assistant recycling coordinator/recycling educator. The goal of this grant is to set up a recycling program that will become self sustaining. This material is based upon work supported under a grant by the Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Rural Utilities Service.

A grant has been approved for 2010 fiscal year through USDA Rural Development to continue the project.

 

Contact Us:

Phone: 231.839.7193
Fax:  231.839.5411

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