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the natural resources
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the natural resources
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 The Benzie Conservation District is hosting its annual Spring Hike at Old Indian Trail, located within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, with local botanist Judy Kelly, on Saturday, May 18th from 10 am to 12 pm. The public is invited to experience a leisurely, informative hike on a trail that is approximately 2.3 miles long, and winds through an evergreen and hardwood forest.
Hikers are welcome to bring water, bug spray, binoculars, and/or camera. Please meet at the Old Indian Trail parking lot, which is located on M-22 (4349 N Scenic Hwy, Honor MI) between Crystal and Big Platte lakes, just east of Sutter Road. This is a free event, however, participants are asked to register by contacting Aimé Merizon, outreach coordinator, at 231-882-4391 x 11; aime@benziecd.org. Wed, April 3rd, at Mills Community House, Benzonia, 6:30 to 8:30 pm  Our presenter and Naturalist, Linda Scribner, is a Certified Wild Mushroom expert, licensed to commercially harvest and sell wild mushrooms in Michigan. Linda brings dried fungi specimens, sharing mushroom biology and the key features to look for when identifying different species. Linda will teach us about the basic biology of mushrooms and help us identify edible and non-edible wild mushrooms of Michigan’s forests. Whether you are interested in mushrooms for the table, or want to identify something you saw in the woods, please join us to learn more about the fascinating, but often misunderstood, world of fungi! Discussion will also include the ecological importance of such mushrooms in the forest.  Emphasis on invasive species removal techniques with and without the use of chemicals by Liana May, from Borealis Consulting, and Katie Grzesiak, NW Michigan Invasive Species Network Coordinator. Benzie CD staff will provide recommendations on the replacement native plants from our Spring Seedling catalog!
This event is free and open to the public; no registration required. |
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