Wayne County
Thank you for your interest in the Michigan State University Extension Michigan Conservation Stewards Program (CSP), an educational program for those who are enthusiastic about learning science-based ecosystem management principles and sharing this knowledge with others to help improve their local communities. Through this program, participants will learn essential strategies to understand and help restore and conserve ecosystems in Michigan communities.
The Wayne County cohort will host their weekly evening sessions from 6-9 p.m. on Thursdays, from Sept. 14 to Nov. 16, 2023. Weekly evening sessions will meet throughout Wayne county. Exact locations and speakers will be announced once available. Please note, there will not be weekly evening sessions on Nov. 2 and Nov. 9, 2023.
The Wayne County cohort's field trips will be on Oct. 14 and Oct. 28, 2023.
Wayne County Schedule
Date |
Topic |
Location |
Speaker |
Sept. 14 |
Program Orientation; Foundations of Conservation: Ecological Foundations; What is a Natural Community? |
Dossin Great Lakes Museum |
Lily Chen and Joel Stone, Detroit Historical Society |
Sept. 21 |
Foundations of Conservation: Society & Conservation |
Belle Isle Nature Center |
Marilynn Crowley and Mike Reed, Detroit Zoological Society |
Sept. 28 |
Aquatic Ecosystems: Lakes |
Nankin Mills County Park |
ECT staff |
Oct. 5 |
Aquatic Ecosystems: Streams |
Plymouth Arts and Recreation Center |
Cyndi Ross, Friends of the Rouge |
Oct. 12 |
Aquatic Ecosystems: Wetlands |
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge |
McKenzi Waliczek, Friends of the Detroit River |
Sat., Oct. 14 |
Aquatic Field Trip |
Rouge River watershed (various locations) |
Friends of the Rouge staff |
Oct. 19 |
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Forests |
Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center |
Kelsey Dietz, Michigan DNR |
Oct. 26 |
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Grasslands |
Circle Forest, Detroit |
Michelle Serreyn, Michigan DNR |
Sat., Oct. 28 |
Terrestrial Field Trip |
Holliday Preserve, Westland |
Julie McLaughlin (MNFI) and Lawrence Sobson (DNR) |
Nov. 2 |
No Class |
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Nov. 9 |
No Class |
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Nov. 16 |
Putting it All Together: Capstone Project Celebration |
MSU Detroit Center |
Sierra Club staff |
For cohort and content related questions, please reach out to Erica Clites at clitese1@msu.edu.
For general questions and registration assistance, please contact Shelby Warner at warner80@msu.edu or 517-884-7076.