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.

Lend a hand, save the land- help us clean the Manistee River!

Let’s celebrate the grand opening of the new trailhead on the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCNST)!

Join us for a 2 mile hike on the North Country Trail!

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!

Come play euchre with Friends of the Conservation District!

Tire Recycling Event! A collection free to residents and an opportunity to volunteer with the District!

Join us for a 2-mile hike on the North Country Trail starting at Log Lake Campground in Kalkaska.

Join us for a 2 mile hike on the North Country Trail!

Join us for an evening hike at the Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area (SLWA) in Kalkaska County. Please meet at the trail access point off Round Lake Road and Schneider Road in Rapid City.

Join us for an evening hike! It's good for your mind, body, and soul to hike with like natured people and it'll keep us honest for our NYE resolutions! This hike at the Upper Manistee Headwaters Preserve will be approximately 1.8 miles total.

Learn a new winter sport or improve your skills in snowshoeing or cross country skiing. Au Sable Institute staff will teach us the basics and we can adventure on the groomed trails to practice our new skills.

Join us for a (nearly) full moon evening hike! It's good for your mind, body, and soul to hike with like natured people and it'll keep us honest for our NYE resolutions!

Join us for a full moon evening hike! It's good for your mind, body, and soul to hike with like natured people and it'll keep us honest for our NYE resolutions!

Come explore a local trail with us for our Weeknight Hike series!

Come explore a local trail with us for our Weeknight Hike series!

Come explore a local trail with us for our Weeknight Hike series!

Join MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program in partnership with Land Ethics, LLC as we plant mast-producing trees in the Traverse City Forest Management Unit in Kalkaska County. Volunteers are needed on Saturday, October 14, 2022 from 10am-3pm. Lunch and all necessary equipment will be provided!

Join us for an evening hike on the North Country Trail in Kalkaska County.

River stewards needed to keep the Manistee River in tip-top shape and free of trash on Saturday, September 16th!

Join us for an evening hike at the Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area (SLWA) in Kalkaska County.

Join us for an evening hike on the North Country Trail in Kalkaska County.

Tire Recycling Event! A collection free to residents and an opportunity to volunteer with the District!

Forest Forensics is the art and science of using clues to determine the history of a local area. Join us for a walk in the woods to train our eye to look at ecological clues on the landscape.

Join us for an evening hike on the North Country Trail and Guernsey Lake SFC.

Join us for an evening hike on the North Country Trail.

This hands-on, outdoor workshop is designed for landowners of small woodlots of northern hardwoods. It will instruct how to selectively mark their own hardwoods for a harvest.

Join us on Wednesdays in April at 5:30pm at the Kalkaska County Library to learn about a different aspect of our beautiful natural environment here in Northern Michigan!

Join us on Wednesdays in April at 5:30pm at the Kalkaska County Library to learn about a different aspect of our beautiful natural environment here in Northern Michigan!