NATIVE PLANT WORK-SHOP

WHEN:May 29th, 2013 6:30-8:30pm

WHERE: Village of Dimondale Office
136 N. Bridge St, Dimondale, MI



LEARN ALL ABOUT HOW NATIVE PLANTS CAN ENHANCE YOUR LANDSCAPE AND WATER QUALITY

EACH ATTENDEE WILL RECEIVE A LANDSCAPING BOOKLET

COST $5

REGISTER:  Call 517-543-5848 x 5 or email andrea.stay@mi.nacdnet.net to reserve your spot.

Call for 4th and 5th Graders
A fun, hands-on experience! Let’s get FIRED UP for SCIENCE!!!

Monday, June 17th – Friday, June 21st

9:00am-12:15pm OR 1:00pm-4:15pm

Located at Bennett Park in Charlotte
Cost for entire week is only $10 per student

Activities/lessons on: Rocks and minerals, fossils, tree and plant life, stream life, tree identification, forestry, ground water studies, bugs, chemistry, decomposition studies, recycling study, geocaching, plus many more!

Click here to download the flyer

Michigan K-12 grade students were encouraged to express their creativity about trees this spring in a creative writing contest as part of the Go Green Youth Challenge. They were asked "What do Trees Mean to You?" In the first year of this contest, we had an amazing 479 entries from throughout the state and had some amazing entries.  You can read the stories, letters, and poems of the winners online: http://www.miarbordayalliance.com/creative-writing-contest.html   The Michigan Arbor Day Alliance is a program of the Eaton Conservation District. 



Congratulations to all of our 2013 contest winners!   

Grand Prize:  Nathaniel C. from Bloomfield Twp.

9th - 12th

1st Place:  Jordan M. from Brooklyn

2nd Place:  Ellen Z. from Troy

3rd Place:  Zach C. from Northville

5th - 8th

1st Place:  Julianna K. from Oakland

2nd Place:  Jessica R. from Perry

3rd Place:  Kayla D. from St. Johns

K - 4th

1st Place:  Mattye T. from Beverly Hills

2nd Place:  Anna R. from Northville

3rd Place:  Sophia W. from Beverly Hills

* Click each name to view their entry *

Earlier this week, 125 8th graders from Olivet traveled to MSU campus to release Salmon into the Red Cedar River.  Salmon in the Classroom is a statewide program coordinated by the MDNR and local partnerships.  This learning experience allows students the opportunity to raise, care for and maintain the salmon in their classroom from fall until spring. The program culminates at the end of the school year with the release of the young fish in a local watershed that feeds one of the Great Lakes. Students and teachers participate in a program to follow the life cycle of salmon from eggs, to hatchling to smolt, starting in the classroom.

After releasing the salmon, students visited educational stations to learn about water quality, stormwater, and macroinvertabrates.  Staff from Eaton and Calhoun Conservation Districts, and MidMeac worked with the students to collect water samples and identify insects to learn more about watershed health.