 Join us Wednesday, June 14th, for a two-part Pollinator Workshop! LCD will be joined by pollinator experts Connie Crancer and Kay Charter (speaker bios can be found below) to provide an educational classroom workshop and field day focused on creating native habitat for bees, butterflies, and everything in between. The $15 registration fee covers your choice of lunch from Fiddleheads in Lake Leelanau. We hope you can make it! Register by contacting our office with the button below, please include your name(s), phone number, choice of lunch (cherry chicken salad sandwich or vegetarian falafel), and any additional comments: Connie Crancer
Project Wingspan Michigan State Coordinator & NRCS Pollinator Liaison Connie has a BS in Horticulture from Michigan State University and received her MS in Terrestrial Ecology from the University of Michigan where she was employed for twenty-six years at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. At the beginning of her career at the Gardens and Arboretum her main focus was growing plant material for the UM Biology Department and the School of Natural Resources along with maintaining the Helen V. Smith Wildflower Garden. Her interests grew towards native plants when she joined the Michigan Botanical Club and later became Vice President and Program Director for six years. As her interests grew in ecology with the completion of her Masters; her responsibilities shifted to the natural areas focus at the Gardens and Arboretum, specifically native plants. Her duties included seed collection, plug production, the installation of bio-swales, native gardens and plantings, and participation in restoration efforts including prescribed burns and seed dispersal, all of which was made possible by the help of her many dedicated volunteers. She retired from her University job and moved back to the west side of Michigan, now residing on a 200 acre organic farm. Kay Charter Executive Director at Saving Birds Thru Habitat In the fall of 1992, Kay and Jim Charter realized that many of their favorite bird species were in decline. Migrating species like Baltimore orioles, scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings, and warblers were losing ground every year. Unwilling to stand by helplessly and watch the downward slide of these beautiful creatures, the Charters opted to take action by selling their lakefront home in order to purchase a large tract of land away from the water. Before the year was out, the house was sold and the couple used the proceeds from the sale, and their retirement savings, to purchase a 47-acre tract of mixed habitat. There they established a safe haven for the feathered jewels they love. Nine years later, in the summer of 2001, Kay Charter was the driving force behind the founding of Saving Birds Thru Habitat. This organization is dedicated to the cause of teaching others about the challenges facing our migrating birds, pollinators, and others, and instructing them about how to help resolve those problems.  Thank you to everyone who made it out last week! We had another stellar turnout this year, selling nearly 10,000 native trees and shrubs to over 150 people. Thanks to your support, we're able to keep doing this year after year. For those of you who weren't able to place an order for last week, you're in luck because we've got leftovers! Stop by or call our office to get yourself a wide variety of native seedlings. As of today, all remaining plants are selling at 50% off. We hope to see you soon!  We're once again partnering with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the County Extension Master Gardener Program to offer an educational, outdoor experience at Port Oneida this Friday, May 5th, from 1-4pm. Come learn how to maintain neglected apple and pear trees and work with us to get them healthy and producing again! The workshop is free to attend and no pruning skills are required. Come early (10am at the Kelderhouse farm) to help expand the existing orchards by planting recently grafted antique varieties. Natural Resource Specialist Tom Adams will be leading a grafting demonstration later in the day. Contact Kim Mann at 231-326-4771 or kimberly_mann@nps.gov to learn more or register to attend!
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