Macomb County

Thank you for your interest in the 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 Macomb County cohort will host their weekly sessions from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, from Aug. 26 to Oct. 21, 2026. Weekly sessions will meet throughout Macomb county at the locations listed in the chart below. Location details and more information will be distributed to registered participants in the middle of August. Please note, there will not be a weekly session on Oct. 14, 2026.

Macomb County's field days will be on Saturday, Sept. 12 and Oct. 3, 2026. 

Macomb County Schedule 

Date

Topic

Location

Speaker

Aug. 6

Foundations of Conservation: Ecological Foundations; What is a Natural Community?

Stony Creek Metropark
4300 Main Park Drive

Shelby Township, MI 48316 

Ian Ableson, Six Rivers Land Conservancy

Sept. 2

Foundations of Conservation: Society & Conservation/Conservation Heritage; Indigenous Perspectives on Conservation (Past and Current)

Voyager Canoe at Lake St. Clair Metropark,

31300 Metro Parkway

Harrison Township, MI 48045

Charlie Shelton, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Sept. 9

Terrestrial Ecosystems: Grasslands

Wolcott Metropark/Camp Rotary,
20505 29 Mile Road

Ray, MI 48096 

Katie Carlisle, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Saturday, Sept. 12

Field Day: Kayaking Trip

To Be Announced

To Be Announced

Sept. 16

Aquatic Ecosystems: Wetlands

Anchor Bay Woods Preserve,
37885 Green Street

New Baltimore, MI 48047 

Amanda Ruffini, CISMA, and Ian Abelson, Six Rivers Land Conservancy

Sept. 23

Aquatic Ecosystems: Rivers and Streams

Clinton Macomb Public Library - North Branch,
54100 Broughton Road

Macomb, MI 48042 

Kaleigh Snoddy, Clinton River Watershed Council

Sept. 30

Aquatic Ecosystems: Inland and Great Lakes

To Be Announced

Todd Wills & Cleyo Harris, MDNR

Saturday,

Oct. 3

 

Field Day: Ford House

Ford House,

1100 Lake Shore Rd

Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 48236 

To Be Announced

Oct. 7

Terrestrial Ecosystems: Forests

Nicholson Nature Center,

21777 Dunham Road

Clinton Township, MI 48036

Amanda Oparka, Jerry Santoroo, & Luke Hefferan, Macomb County

Oct. 14

Break - No Class

Oct. 21

Putting it All Together: Capstone Project Celebration

Brandenberg Park,
50050 Jefferson Ave

Chesterfield, MI 48047 

Jean Persely

For cohort and content related questions, please reach out to Angela Scapini at scapinia@msu.edu, or Bindu Bhakta at bhaktabi@msu.edu.

For general questions and registration assistance, please contact Shelby Warner at warner80@msu.edu.