Michigan Birding 101: Fall Refresher

Michigan Sea Grant’s popular “Michigan Birding 101” program is returning on Wednesdays, August 30 and September 6, 2023, at 7:00-8:15 p.m. The two free online sessions will provide a fall birding refresher and tips for making autumn backyards into bird-friendly habitats. Find registration details. With multiple passionate birders on staff, Michigan Sea Grant provides high-quality educational […]

Ecorse Creek community clean-up

Spend a morning tidying up Ecorse Creek in Southeast Michigan. Join on at 9-noon on Saturday, August 12, or Saturday, September 9 (or both!) to help from shore or on the water. The event will take place from 9am-noon at three different sites: Ecorse (Pepper Park) Lincoln Park (Council Point Park) Wyandotte (Beaver Park) All […]

Lake sturgeon release events

Local, state, and federal partners invite the public to a second lake sturgeon release celebration on September 23, 2023, in the Saginaw Bay river system. Releases will reintroduce more than 100 hatchery-raised sturgeon into each tributary of the Saginaw Bay river system (Cass, Flint, Shiawassee, and Tittabawassee rivers). Short presentations may be made at three […]

2023 Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Conference

Alpena, MI Alpena, MI

September 29 - October 1, 2023 Learn more and register From isolated Beaver Island in Lake Michigan in 2022, the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Conference Team is taking you to the Sunrise side of our great state in 2023.  Lake Huron will be our Great Lake and Alpena our host city. […]

Unpacking Coastal Resilience for Effective Cross Sector Collaboration

Water@Michigan Collaborative, hosts in-person networking workshops with community partners. Quarterly Workshops are an opportunity for university faculty to meet and listen to community partners. The goal of these workshops is to foster mutually beneficial relationships between community partners and interested university researchers by: Gathering knowledgeable people with common priorities; Curating connections to university resources; Offering connections […]

2023 Place-Based Education Conference

Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids, MI

November 9-11, 2023 Grand Rapids, Michigan Learn more and register The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative invites you to join us for the 8th Place-Based Education Conference. Come experience a three-day conference designed to inspire and support a community of educators around the power of place-based learning. Place-based education transforms how teachers teach and how students […]