Winter is a great time to start birding…no, seriously! Choose your own adventure to either brave the chilly elements outside or stay cozy and bird from indoors, all while contributing to real-life data through citizen science!
Students will learn the basics of grass and other invasive plant removal, ground preparation, and selection recommendations for pollinator plantings for shady to sunny sites.
This lesson will cover fundamental map-reading skills, including topographic features, scale, and orientation, as well as the basics of compass use and route planning.
This course covers a hands-on activity demonstrating the importance of well-written instructions, classroom instruction on SOP development stages, writing standards, and best practices, and a group evaluation of real-world SOPs.
Participants will walk away with a clear understanding of the function and purpose of citizen science as well as specific citizen science projects they can start participating in.
Do you wish your trash bins weren’t so full of wet, stinky stuff? Come learn about the processes and the magnificent organisms that turn your trash into valuable soil amendments!
You will be given the tools to reduce what goes in your trash and discuss how reducing, reusing and recycling can save natural resources and decrease carbon emissions.
This lesson aims to provide students with concepts and techniques to reduce risk to water resources through nature-inspired shoreline management practices!
You will be given the tools to reduce what goes in your trash and discuss how reducing, reusing and recycling can save natural resources and decrease carbon emissions.
Nothing says spring like the sound of peepers, wood frogs, and other amphibian friends. Frogs and toads are a great reflection of the health of our ecosystems, which is where Project FrogWatch comes in.
Join SEEDS staff to learn ways to compost your food scraps in small spaces, such as a balcony or porch, or even your basement! The same techniques apply to utilizing compost systems to use in northern Michigan winters. Learn about making a soil factory, using bokashi, and vermicomposting. Worm kit now included!
We will cover basic techniques from fermentation to canning and curing to drying.
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