Get ready for a fungi-filled evening! We're teaming up with Great Lakes Mushroom Company to bring you an exciting Hands-on Mushroom Workshop!
Join the Kalkaska Conservation District & the Kalkaska County Library for a free grant writing workshop! This event is designed to help Kalkaska County landowners learn about the District’s mini grant opportunity and how to apply.
Give the gift of nature this holiday season! Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll discover the benefits of herbal salves and create your own to take home.
‘Tis the season for a lantern-lit snowshoe hike with the Kalkaska Conservation District, Live Well Kalkaska Substance Free Coalition, & the Kalkaska County Sheriff’s Office!
Join the Kalkaska Conservation District staff & the Friends of the KCD at De Vor Dairy Farm & Creamery for our 2025 Annual Meeting!
The KCD, LWKSFC, and the Kalkaska County Sheriff’s Department are teaming up to bring your family another fun and healthy activity this fall!
October KCD Weeknight Hike to the spot where the North Country trail crosses the 45th Parallel!
We have adopted a three mile stretch of highway along M-72 just west of Kalkaska and we'd love your help in getting it cleaned up!
Join us for our annual Native Plant Sale, where you can purchase a wide variety of Michigan-grown native wildflowers, grasses, and shrubs!
Join us in September at the north end of Kalkaska County for a hike along the North Country Trail!
This August, we are hiking the North Country Trail along the beautiful Boardman River!
The Kalkaska Conservation District (KCD), Live Well Kalkaska Substance Free Coalition (LWKSFC), and Kalkaska County Sheriff’s Department are teaming up to host our 3rd Annual Hike & Camp!
Participants will gain hands-on knowledge about sustainable foraging practices and the many uses of wild plants that can be found across Northwest Michigan.
The Kalkaska Conservation District (KCD), Live Well Kalkaska Substance Free Coalition (LWKSFC), and the Kalkaska Sheriff’s Department are teaming up to bring your family another fun and healthy activity this summer!
Join us for the KCD for the 2025 Household Hazardous Waste and Electron Waste Collection Event. Please see below for more information and the link to reserve your time.
The Kalkaska Conservation District, Live Well Kalkaska Substance Free Coalition, and the Kalkaska Sheriff’s Department are teaming up to bring your family another fun and healthy activity this summer!
Join us on the Smith Lake Trail for July’s Weeknight Hike!
We have adopted a three mile stretch of highway along M-72 just west of Kalkaska and we'd love your help in getting it cleaned up!
The Kalkaska Conservation District (KCD), Live Well Kalkaska Substance Free Coalition (LWKSFC), and the Kalkaska Sheriff’s Department are teaming up to bring your family another fun and healthy activity this summer!
Our Annual Tire Recycling Event will be on Saturday, June 28, 2025 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the old Kalkaska County Recycling Center (904 Island Lake Rd, Kalkaska).
Lend a hand, save the land- help us clean the Manistee River!
The Kalkaska Conservation District, Live Well Kalkaska Substance Free Coalition, and the Kalkaska Sheriff’s Department are teaming up to bring your family another fun and healthy activity this summer!
Explore the NEW North Country Trail Trailhead right here in Kalkaska with us for our monthly Weeknight Hike!
Let’s celebrate the grand opening of the new trailhead on the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCNST)!
The KCD in collaboration with Clearwater Township Parks & Recreation invite you to meet us at Patriot Park Veterans Memorial to learn all about what is popping up in the woods this spring!
We have adopted a three mile stretch of highway along M-72 just west of Kalkaska and we'd love your help in getting it cleaned up!
Join us for a 2 mile hike on the North Country Trail!
Come play Euchre with the Friends of the Conservation District at Twin Birch Golf Club and Restaurant.
Trees can be picked up in person at the Kalkaska County Recycling Center on Friday, April 29 between 12 pm and 5 pm OR on Saturday, April 30 between 10 am and Noon.
Join us for an evening hike at our Weeknight Hike series!
From coop to cuisine, we’ll teach you how to make the most of your feathered friends.
We invite producers of poultry and other small livestock to join us for a discussion focused on strategies to strengthen the resilience of NW Michigan small-scale livestock farmers.
Come play Euchre with the Friends of the Conservation District at Trout Town!
Spring is here and it's time to start your garden! Join the Kalkaska Conservation District and the Kalkaska County Library for a community seed exchange and the Seed Library Kickoff at the main branch of the Kalkaska County Library!
