ATTENTION FARMERS!
Please join the Grand Traverse Conservation District for a series of Farm Workshops at the Boardman River Nature Center on Friday, March 26 and Monday, March 29. Both workshops will incorporate information about the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP), USDA/NRCS Conservation Programs, Farm and Cropping Assessment tools, Water sampling and [...]
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FREE Workshops for Farmers
March 24, 2010 – 11:08 am
Local Farmers Protecting the Environment & Us
February 2, 2010 – 3:45 pm
Most of you are aware of the hard work of our farming neighbors to overcome, hail, wind, drought, pests and low prices, just to put food on our tables. However, it is likely that few of you are familiar with the efforts they make to keep our environment and food healthy. The Grand [...]
GTCD hosts Natural Resources Day for TC Chambers’ Leadership Grand Traverse Program
May 29, 2009 – 2:40 pm
Lew Coulter, Rebecca Teahen, and Dan Busby are all Leadership Grand Traverse (LGT) Alumni, a program run by the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce. One thing many LGT Alumni though was missing was a day devoted to discuss our Natural Resources and Agriculture in our region. A few years ago, Doug Lucianni asked [...]
2009 Regional Envirothon Competition a Success
March 31, 2009 – 1:37 pm
The 2009 Regional Michigan Envirothon competition was held on March 13 at the Nature Center. This fun, team based competition focuses on expanding environmental education inside and outside of the classroom for high schoolers. Local resource professionals provide the student teams with resource materials and share their knowledge about subject areas ranging from [...]