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The MACD award luncheon included recognition of Iott Seed Farms as its Conservation Farm of the Year, an award reserved for an outstanding farmer and/or farm family for implementing long-term conservation practices on their land. This award seeks to recognize a farmer and/or farm family for implementing continuous and ongoing conservation practices….
Now that spring has officially arrived, the Kalkaska Conservation District has recently organized a series of gardening-based events and seed exchanges, igniting enthusiasm and embracing spring fever. While it is a little too early to put plants in the ground, these events bring together all levels of gardeners to exchange seeds, knowledge, and stories.
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) revised the State of Michigan’s interior hemlock woolly adelgid quarantine. The quarantine regulates the movement of hemlock and tiger-tail spruce trees, forest products and nursery stock, with some exceptions, from the quarantine areas to other locations within the state.
Two Kalkaska Conservation District volunteers were honored for their outstanding service at the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) Fall Convention held at Shanty Creek Resort on December 5, 6, and 7th.
