Events

General business meeting of the Central UP chapter.

Dirt: The Movie is an insightful and timely film that tells the story of the glorious and unappreciated material beneath our feet. Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, the movie takes a humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to. 

Join us "up north" for an afternoon of exploring spring wildflowers in Alger County. Our walk will be led by Deb Leblanc. Deb retired after 40 years of service as the Hiawatha NF West Zone plant ecologist/botanist and Hiawatha NF Native Plant program coordinator. We are thrilled to have her share her expertise with us!

The Central U.P. Chapter of Wild Ones is patterning with the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy to present an opportunity for hands-on learning and contributing to a habitat improvement project on private land along the Ford River south of Escanaba. We will join Clare Fastiggi, Lands Program Manager for the UPLC, to learn about the mission of the organization and their part in supporting habitat improvement at this site. We’ll pitch in as each is comfortable to plant common and swamp milkweed plugs to create pollinator habitat along the river. For anyone interested in native plantings of your own, there is no better way to learn than by doing!
We’ll also break out the grill for a riverfront BBQ after we’ve all worked up an appetite! All are welcome.

Event date: Tue., 8/30 @ 6pm.
Escanaba's Aronson Island has a great variety of plants to explore in late summer. These include non-native and invasive plants as well as native species more recently planted to improve wildlife habitat, especially for migrating birds. We will take a pleasant walk to see what's in bloom, in seed, or just generally interesting. 
Meet at the parking lot east of the beach house, near the dedication sign. 

MUSHROOM WALK UPDATE: We will meet on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 2:00 at the Days River Ski/Bike Path on Days River Rd., north of Gladstone. Mushrooms have been sparse this fall, but there are always a few to find here! If you come upon any interesting fungi before then, collect them and bring them along. Jim and Laurie will do the same to provide some more variety to our specimens.

The Central U.P. Chapter will be holding our annual business meeting on Thursday, Dec. 15 in room MS 125 at Bay College at 7:00 pm. The meeting will also be available via Zoom; please message us for the link. All are welcome! We will be reviewing the past year, discussing future events, taking nominations for next year's board, and just catching up with each other. We hope to see you there!