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• Kid's Day! Life of a Wild-Land Firefighter Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 2, 2024

  Have you ever used a Pulaski, been inside a fire shelter or handled the hoseline of a fire truck? Learn about firefighters, how they do their jobs and the equipment they use.  Watch for a visit from Smokey Bear! The event starts at 1:00 p.m. 

  

  Registration required: No

• Cadillac Manistee Ranger Station Open House Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 5, 2024

  

  SAVE THE DATE!!!

  The Cadillac/Manistee Ranger Station located at 1170 Nursery Rd., Wellston, MI, is hosting an Open House Friday July 5, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids activities at Forest Program tables featuring: Wildlife, Fisheries, Botany, Recreation, Silviculture, Heritage, Fire and Timber activities. SEEDS EcoCorps will demonstrate how composting works. The Benzie Conservation District will be educating the public about Aquatic Invasive Species and what you can do to prevent their spread. View the flyer at this link.

  Age group: All ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor Contact: Cadillac Manistee Ranger Station

• Lumberjack & Logging Museum Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 6, 2024 - Jul 7, 2024

  Join us at Lumberman's Monument as we welcome the reenactors from the Lumberjack & Logging Museum. Learn what it means to be a lumberjack at a historical logging encampment between the years 1840-1890 as reenactors take you through what it was like to live as a 19th century lumberjack. The event times are Saturday, July 6th, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 7th, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor url: https://www.facebook.com/LumberjackAndLoggingMuseum

  Sponsor Contact: Lumberjack and Logging Museum

• Kid's Day! Shanty Boy Presented by Michael Deren Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 9, 2024

  Journey into Michigan’s lumbering and immigrant past as Lumberman's Monument hosts Michael Deren's Shanty Boy, Jim Murphey. Using concertina, button accordion and bones and fiddle, Jim will involve you in a memorable lumber camp experience  while recreating the great lumber boom of the 19th Century. (you’ll learn a lot). This program is for all ages! Program starts at 1 p.m.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor url: http://pastinperson.com/

  Sponsor Contact: Past In Person

• Weed the Wilderness Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 9, 2024

  Non-Native Species (NNIS) Don't Stand A Chance during the Weed The Wilderness event!  These events will be located in the beautiful Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area. We will be meeting at the Nurnberg Trailhead parking lot at 9:00 am. Please bring your lunch, gloves and plenty of water (at least two bottles). The Botany department will supply digger tools and trash bags. Email a completed volunteer form to alicia.meyers@usda.gov or carolyn.henne@usda.gov at least 1 week in advance. Youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult or group leader.

  Age group: 13 and older

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: Yes

  Sponsor Contact: Cadillac Manistee Ranger District Botany Program

• Mobile Boat Washing Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 12, 2024 - Jul 13, 2024

  

  Join us Friday July 12 and Saturday July 13, 2024 from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Morenci Ave Landing on the AuSable River for our Mobile Boat Washing Event. We will have free swag for those who wash their boat, kayak, SUP boards, etc. Our boat wash is free, it only takes 3 minutes, and there are no chemicals – it’s only hot water.

  Age group: All ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor url: https://watershedcouncil.org/

  Sponsor Contact: Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council

• Manistee River Clean-up Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 13, 2024

  

  Grab your paddle and your watercraft and meet us at the High Bridge Boat Launch, 4311 N High Bridge Rd, Brethren, MI 49619, Saturday July 13, 2024 at 9 a.m. until noon as we partner with Michigan United Conservation Clubs and Steelhead Manifesto to improve aquatic habitat by removing trash in and around the Mansitee River. Volunteers will clean up trash and other items either by boat or by walking along the riverbanks followed by lunch at Noon back at boat lanch. MUCC will provide work gloves, trash grabbers, trash bags and any other necessary equipment. A free appreciation gift will also be provided to all registered volunteers. Registration closes on July 12, 2024 at NOON, so don’t wait!

  Age group: All ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: Yes

  Sponsor url: https://mucc.org/otg-volunteers-needed-annual-manistee-river-cleanup/

  Sponsor Contact: Michigan United Conservation Clubs

• Nature Hike Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 13, 2024

  Hike our Discovery Trail with a ranger and learn about forest management, history, local wildlife, and local plant life. The hike begins at 1:00 p.m. and will finish at our beautiful sand dune overlook.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

• Kid's Day! What Do Owls Eat? With Jenny Schroeder Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 16, 2024

  Come and spend the afternoon finding out what the owls ate as you dissect an owl pellet. Owl Pellets are formed when owls swallow their prey whole. Then they regurgitate a pellet containing the bones and other indigestible parts of what they ate. Limit 60 People - Registration required- Call (989) 362 – 8961. Please register by July 15th. Children must always be accompanied by an adult. The event starts at 1:00 p.m.

  

  Age group: All ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: Yes

• Become a Junior Forest Ranger Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 18, 2024

  Calling all Junior Rangers! Use this opportunity to get involved with the forest in many fun and exciting ways! Let us help you earn your Junior Forest Ranger badge while helping Smokey prevent wildfires! Recommended for ages 6 to 12. Limit 20 Children - Registration is required - Call (989) 362 – 8961. Please register by 7/7/24. The event is from 1:00  to 3:30 p.m. 

  

  Age group: Ages 6 to 12

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: Yes

• Kid's Day! Sea Lamprey Great Lakes Invader With Andrea Miehls Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 23, 2024

  Did you know that vampires are swimming in the Great Lakes? Well, vampires of the fish variety! Beginning about 150 years ago, the Great Lakes were invaded by sea lampreys – a parasitic fish native to the Atlantic Ocean. Sea lampreys drink the blood of Great Lakes fish and can kill fish. Join us with Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) communications associate Dr. Andrea Miehls. The event starts at 1:00 p.m.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

• Weed the Wilderness Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 25, 2024

  Non-Native Species (NNIS) Don't Stand A Chance during the Weed The Wilderness event!  These events will be located in the beautiful Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area. We will be meeting at the Nurnberg Trailhead parking lot at 9:00 am. Please bring your lunch, gloves and plenty of water (at least two bottles). The Botany department will supply digger tools and trash bags. Email a completed volunteer form to alicia.meyers@usda.gov or carolyn.henne@usda.gov at least 1 week in advance. Youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult or group leader.

  Age group: Ages 13 and older

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: Yes

  Sponsor Contact: Cadillac Manistee Ranger District Botany Program

• Mobile Boat Washing Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 26, 2024 - Jul 27, 2024

  

  Join us Friday July 26 and Saturday July 27, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.at the AuSable River Festival in Grayling for our Mobile Boat Washing tent. We will have free swag those who stop by and talk to us about aquatic invasive species.

  Age group: All ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor url: https://watershedcouncil.org/

  Sponsor Contact: Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council

• Nature Hike Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 27, 2024

  Hike Lumberman's Monument's Discovery Trail with a ranger and learn about forest management, history, local wildlife, and local plant life. The hike begins at 1:00 p.m. and will finish at our beautiful sand dune overlook.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

• Kid's Day! Macroinvertebrates Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 30, 2024

  Come join us at Lumberman’s Monument for fun with magi scopes. View an underwater world that often gets overlooked and learn about macro-invertebrates. The event starts at 1:00 p.m.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

• Kid's Day! Schooner Captain Presented by Michael Deren Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 6, 2024

  Schooner Captain takes the audience on a voyage of music and history of the Great Lakes. Using accordion and concertina he shares the songs, stories, history, and resources of the Great Lakes region. Topics include geography, transportation, history (beaver, lumber, fishing, iron, and copper) and conservation. The event starts at 1:00 p.m.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor url: http://pastinperson.com/

  Sponsor Contact: The Past in Person

• Smokey's 80th Birthday Party! Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 9, 2024

  Come out to Oscoda Veterans Park, located at 4000 N Skeel Ave, Oscoda, MI,  to celebrate Smokey’s 80th Birthday. There will be fire trucks, informational booths, the history of Smokey Bear and more! The event is from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

  

   

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

• Nature Hike Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 10, 2024

  Hike our Discovery Trail with a ranger and learn about forest management, history, local wildlife, and local plant life. The hike begins at 1:00p.m. and will finish at our beautiful sand dune overlook.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No

• Weed the Wilderness Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 22, 2024

  Non-Native Species (NNIS) Don't Stand A Chance during the Weed The Wilderness event!  These events will be located in the beautiful Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area. We will be meeting at the Nurnberg Trailhead parking lot at 9:00 am. Please bring your lunch, gloves and plenty of water (at least two bottles). The Botany department will supply digger tools and trash bags. Email a completed volunteer form to alicia.meyers@usda.gov or carolyn.henne@usda.gov at least 1 week in advance. Youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult or group leader.

  Age group: 13 and older

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: Yes

  Sponsor Contact: Cadillac Manistee Ranger District Botany Program

• Lumberjack & Logging Museum Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 31, 2024 - Sep 1, 2024

  Back by popular demand, join us at Lumberman's Monument Labor Day Weekend as we welcome the reenactors from the Lumberjack & Logging Museum. Learn what it means to be a lumberjack at a historical logging encampment between the years 1840-1890 as reenactors take you through what it was like to live as a 19th century lumberjack. The event is Saturday and Sunday, August 31st, from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and September 1st  from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  

  Age group: All Ages

  Fees: Free

  Registration required: No