by boxcar-admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Education, Events, Extension, News, Southwest Michigan, Steve Stewart, Students, Teachers, Volunteer
Award-winning program advances Great Lakes literacy and stewardship among K-12 students throughout southeast Michigan. By Steve Stewart The Great Lakes Education Program begins its 28th year of classroom and vessel-based education in April. More than 3,400 teachers...
by boxcar-admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Birding, Education, Elliot Nelson, Events, Extension, News, Recreation, Research Projects, Volunteer
The longest running citizen science project in the world celebrates its 118th year. By Elliot Nelson In 1900, an ornithologist (aka bird scientist) named Frank Chapman proposed a new holiday tradition, to count birds across the entire country. Conservation was in its...