For Businesses
Businesses, institutions, churches and medical facilities all play a role in protecting our local waterways. Check out these housekeeping tips for ways to reduce your contribution to stormwater pollution. You can also contact the GLRC to partner in educating your staff and customers on pollution prevention.
LOCAL EVENTS
Check here for information on local paddling events, river clean-ups, educational seminars, and other water related activities!
Coffee & Cleanup
Saturday July 17th, 2021
10:00am - 12:00pm
Rotary Park
Join the Lansing Earth Project and the Friends of the Lansing Regional Trails for a Coffee & Clean Up at Rotary Park! They'll supply the trash grabbers, bags, gloves, and coffee. You just have to bring a friend or two!
Coffee & Cleanup
Saturday August 21st, 2021
10:00am - 12:00pm
Fulton Park
Join the Lansing Earth Project and the Friends of the Lansing Regional Trails for a Coffee & Clean Up at Fulton Park! They'll supply the trash grabbers, bags, gloves, and coffee. You just have to bring a friend or two!
Coffee & Cleanup
Saturday September 18th, 2021
10:00am - 12:00pm
Scott Woods Park
Join the Lansing Earth Project and the Friends of the Lansing Regional Trails for a Coffee & Clean Up at Scott Woods Park! They'll supply the trash grabbers, bags, gloves, and coffee. You just have to bring a friend or two!
Mid-Michigan State of Our Waters
Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
6:00pm -7:15pm
Zoom Webinar
Because what’s in our water impacts so many facets of our lives, three Conservation Districts have partnered with Michigan State University Extension to provide a virtual community update on the state of the lakes, rivers, and streams in Clinton, Montcalm, and Gratiot counties. Learn about local watersheds and conservation districts, recent water quality testing across mid-Michigan, and the ways septic systems impact our waterways. Scheduled presenters include those from MSU Extension and the Clinton, Gratiot, and Montcalm Conservation Districts.
Please join us for a free virtual meeting to learn about the state of our lakes, rivers, and streams.
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10 Week Virtual Michigan Conservation Stewards Program
Wednesdays, September 8th-November 10th, 2021
6:00pm -8:00pm
Virtual
Interested in joining a local cohort to learn about the foundations of Michigan conservation, the state’s diverse terrestrial, wetland and aquatic ecosystems and natural communities, and how you can apply this knowledge at the local community conservation level? Instructors include both experts from Michigan State University Extension and Michigan Natural Features Inventory as well as diverse local conservation partners from the Capital Area and Oakland, St. Clair and Washtenaw Counties. This virtual format combines weekly live instruction and online learning with locally focused and self-led field activities and a capstone project.
Enrollment is limited to 30 participants/location. For complete program details visit the Michigan Conservation Stewards Program website.
Grand River Experience
June 28th - September 15th, 2021
Grand River Watershed
After the COVID-19 pandemic turned life upside down last year, the Grand River Expedition 2020 committee had to regroup and do something completely different. We have developed the Grand River Experience (GREx) as a new approach to a traditional event that will allow us to stay nimble and adapt as regulations change.
GREx is a self-guided event. We will provide information and resources for you to plan your own activities on, alongside, or near the river, and share your experiences online. GREx will follow the latest recommendations at Michigan.gov/Coronavirus/MI Safe Start/Public Guidance and the GREx Safety Guidelines. Municipalities and nonprofit organizations may organize events and activities that fit these guidelines.
You can:
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Paddle! We'll post maps and access info for the best day trips the Grand River has to offer
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Walk
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Run
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Ride your bike
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Go birdwatching
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Go fishing
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Organize or participate in a river cleanup - or simply bring a trash bag next time you visit the river
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Take photos or video
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Write and reflect
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Anything on, alongside, or near the river that counts as experiencing the Grand
The traditional Expedition with camping and large gatherings requires about two years of advance planning. With health regulations in Michigan changing constantly, the usual Expedition was impossible to plan, even if things opened up enough by summer to allow it.
We hope you'll participate in GREx and help us introduce the river to more people, some of whom don't paddle or even get outdoors as much as they would like. We want to communicate to a broader audience how much we love the river and show them that it's easy and fun to experience it in smaller bites.
Please fill out our GREx contact form (if you haven't already). Watch for updates via email. The first set of online resources will go live on June 28, 2021, with more information added throughout the summer. GREx will wrap up on September 15.
Stay safe and healthy! We hope to see you on the Grand River.
-- The Grand River Experience organizers
Eaton County Conservation District Open House
Wednesday July 7th, 2021
4:00pm
Eaton County Museum at Courthouse Square
Please join ECD on July 7th for ECD’s 75th Anniversary open house at Eaton County’s Museum at Court House Square, Charlotte. The historical slides, pictures and program history will be on display along with snacks and programing.