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Featured Projects • Huron Pines 11/11 Volunteer Program • The Mega List • Small Dams • Calendar of Events • Stream Enhancement with Large Woody Debris • Invasive Species Removal • Huron Pines AmeriCorps In The News • Small Dams Technical Workshop: July 28-29 • Conservation Groups Come Together to Fight Invasive Plants on Au Sable River • Powerful presentations and productive partners—Huron Pines Annual Meeting a success • It’s not a time machine but its close- Huron Pines River Simulator eNews Conservation Trivia 9/1/2010 What are the two quietest places in Michigan? Answer: Perch Lake on Manitou Island (Keweenaw County) and Lily Lake on Isle Royale Listen to the interview with Gordon Hempton on The Environment Report.  Isle Royale   ...   Despite Rain, Volunteers Come Together to Treat Invasive Phragmites on Lincoln Lake 8/26/2010 For over three years, invasive phragmites has been spreading its roots through the marsh of Lincoln Lake. It’s creating dense stands of tall reeds and outcompeting native plants, destroying wildlife habitat. On the rainy morning of   ...   Backyard Conservation and Beyond—Wildlife Habitat Improvement 8/25/2010 Would you like to see your property thrive with wildlife and shine with natural beauty? Learn how to make the best of your acreage through practices that range from the very simple to the more complex, from the very short-term to the long-term. Expanding Wildlife Habitat in Pigeon River Country 7/13/2010 On Friday July 9, landowners gathered at the property of Ed Wenta near Wolverine, MI, to tour different habitat improvement projects. Led by Perry Smeltzer of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), participants stopped at sites in a   ...   Helping Heal the North Branch Au Sable River 7/1/2010 A road crossing that was once a serious source of pollution to the North Branch Au Sable River was closed in 2001.  Locally known simply as “the ford,” this former threat to the coldwater stream has been healing nicely since its   ...   All Eyes on Silver Creek 6/25/2010 Cheboygan Daily Tribune  By Doris Parker A few weeks ago 16 Huron Pines AmeriCorps workers, members of the Ocqueoc River Watershed Commission and other interested parties met at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Moltke for a hands-on   ...   Small Dams Technical Workshop: July 28-29 6/24/2010 If you are a resource professional with an interest in, or knowledge of, dams and their impacts, consider participating in a region-wide workshop on small dam removal in Northern Michigan, hosted and organized by Huron Pines.  The workshop   ...   Conservation Groups Come Together to Fight Invasive Plants on Au Sable River 6/18/2010 It’s time for them to go. So say a group of concerned conservation groups about purple loosestrife.  Like uninvited guests, these plants have altered the places they have put down roots.  Left unchecked, they will damage   ...   Improving the North Branch Au Sable—Huron Pines Receives Funds 6/16/2010 Huron Pines is pleased to announce that the US Forest Service, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, has awarded $475,000 to improve at least eight road/stream crossing sites within the North Branch, part of the Au Sable River Watershed.   ...   Celebrate and Conserve the River’s you Love to Fish: Michigan Fly Fishing Festival to Benefit Conservation 6/16/2010 Now in its fourth year, the Michigan Fly Fishing Festival is a great opportunity to celebrate northern Michigan’s rivers and streams while strengthening conservation efforts in the region. The Fuller's North Branch Outing Club is hosting the   ...   Local Volunteers work with Huron Pines to protect the Manistee River 5/29/2010 Northern Michigan is a place people associate with fly fishing, canoeing, and clear & cold rivers. Protecting rivers like the Manistee and Au Sable takes dedicating local organizations, money, and volunteers who generously give of their time. 11/11 Volunteer Program Kick-off 5/17/2010 It was a beautiful spring morning on May 15th and I was heading to Lewiston – a Northeast Michigan community that brags ownership of the Twin Lakes in Montmorency County. Patrick Ertel, our Restoration Project Manager, was right behind me   ...   Powerful presentations and productive partners—Huron Pines Annual Meeting a success 2/10/2010 Making her first public presentation since being named Director of the newly created Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Rebecca Humphries was the keynote speaker February 6th at the Huron Pines Annual Meeting in Gaylord.   ...   It’s not a time machine but its close- Huron Pines River Simulator 1/26/2010 Ever wish you could fast forward to see how a river will change? Want to see what effect a sand trap has or how spring runoff may change the course of a river? Huron Pines can now demonstrate the answers to these questions with our new River   ...   Please welcome newest Huron Pines addition 12/9/2009 Please welcome our newest Huron Pines addition- Jacob Francis Muladore, born at 6:19am, December 1, 2009, to Ben and Jennifer Muladore of Central Lake. We’re happy to report that mom and baby are doing well!   ...   Annual Meeting 2010 12/9/2009 Join us in kicking off another successful year in 2010 at the Huron Pines Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 6th from 10:00am-1:30pm (registration begins at 9:00am) at the Gaylord K of C Hall. As attendees from the past few years have told us, it   ...   Hodges Creek: Reconnecting The Black River Watershed 11/12/2009 Hodges Creek is a small tributary to the East Branch of the Black River, located in Montmorency County. Like many small crossings in northern Michigan, the Hodges Creek/Black River Road crossing suffered from undersized culverts, impeding fish   ...   Muskegon River Habitat Survey Complete 11/12/2009 Huron Pines has completed the field work for the first watershed-wide survey using the DNR’s recently developed Nonwadeable Habitat Assessment Protocol.   The project consisted of 35 one-mile river segments spread from Houghton Lake   ...   Local Property Owners Help to Keep Invasives Out of Their Lake 11/2/2009 AVERY LAKE—Residents on a Montmorency County lake can look forward to an improved view in 2010 thanks to the local lake association. The Avery Lake Association discovered a stand of the invasive grass phragmites on the shoreline of their   ...   Nominations Open for 2009 O.B. Eustis Environmental Awards 10/29/2009 Always striving to balance environmental protection with economic development, the late O.B. Eustis was widely respected as an industrialist, an environmentalist, and a nature columnist. Since 1995, Huron Pines has been a proud partner with the   ...   Elk Foundation Funding Tops $190K for Michigan Initiative 10/28/2009 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation MISSOULA, Mont.—-(AmmoLand.com)- New grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will fund conservation and education projects in eight Michigan counties, and swell total RMEF support for the   ...   Cleaning up Roscommon County 6/24/2009 Huron Pines AmeriCorps and Adopt-a-Forest team up Have you ever been on a peaceful nature hike and suddenly come upon an unsightly pile of trash? If you have, then you know that illegal dumping is a big problem in Michigan. As of March   ...   Ogemaw County Herald: Ogemaw County opens two new ORV trailheads 6/21/2009 Ogemaw County Herald | By Gary Ridley Staff Writer | reporter@oscodaherald.com   OGEMAW COUNTY — ORV riders in northern Ogemaw County now have two new trailheads at their disposal following the opening of the Rose   ...   Stimulus funding to help Alcona watershed 6/7/2009 The Alpena News By: Patty Ramus Stream crossings affecting habitats in the Pine River-Van Etten Lake Watershed area will see improvements with upcoming projects being funded by economic stimulus dollars. On Tuesday Sen. Carl   ...   Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy and Huron Pines AmeriCorps partner up 6/4/2009 Huron Daily Tribune By Kate Hessling, Tribune Staff Writer BAY CITY — Huron Pines AmeriCorps and Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy officials announced Wednesday the two entities are joining forces to encourage environmental   ...   Conservation First Responder 6/2/2009 Info Northeast By Jerry Nunn LOVELLS – It was no emergency when Scott Miller called the conservation organization Huron Pines to help plan food plots on his family’s forested property. For more than 10 years Miller has been   ...   Scholarships for Fall MAP Planning Conference 6/1/2009 The Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) exists so that Michigan will consist of healthy, safe, attractive, and successful communities built first and foremost on quality community planning. Each year,  they host a conference for   ...   Upper Manistee River Watershed: Bugs will tell the story 5/27/2009 Crawford County / Kalkaska County: Aquatic organisms are a telltale sign of water quality. Because many of them are very sensitive to pollution, you can tell a lot about water quality by just looking at what’s living in the river. Huron   ...   Phragmites Education and Training- June 10 5/27/2009 Iosco County: East Tawas   We are enlisting interested local citizens to assist in the Campaign to End Phragmites in Iosco County. Phragmites is a perennial wetland grass that has been threatening ecosystems along lakes,   ...   Huron Pines AmeriCorps Helps Restore the Black River 5/18/2009 Northeast Michigan, Cheboygan County- Black River: Huron Pines AmeriCorps members and nearly 60 volunteers came out on Saturday, May 9, 2009 to protect state-threatened lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) through erosion control on the   ...   Gaylord Herald Times: Black River Habitat Improved for Sturgeon 5/13/2009 Originally printed in the Gaylord Herald Times by Chris Engle. Click here to vew the photos. Volunteers aiming to protect an ancient species of fish came out to the Black River May 9 to get their hands dirty in an erosion control   ...   Michigan Trail Riders Association Makes a Difference 5/13/2009 The Michigan Trail Riders Association (MTRA) came out in full force on Saturday, May 2, 2009. In addition to completing the original boardwalk reconstruction partnership project with the US Forest Service, they were able to team up with   ...   Thousands Gather at Au Sable Expo 4/27/2009 This year’s first ever Au Sable Valley Recreation Expo at the Ramada Inn Conference Center in Grayling drew thousands. Outdoor enthusiasts shared their excitement and vendors across the country displayed fly fishing gear, camping   ...   Huron Pines gets ready for anglers 4/15/2009 Au Sable Creel Census The “Big Water” of the Au Sable that stretches just below Mio Dam is set to undergo a change in fishing regulations. Before that occurs, the public voiced their opinion that they would like to see Michigan   ...   Invasive Species Update: the Campaign to End Phragmites 4/15/2009 Invasive Species Program Tim Engelhardt, the Huron Pines AmeriCorps Invasive Species Coordinator, is building a great Invasive Species Program along with Huron Pines staff and partners. The program will focus first on coastal Lake Huron   ...   A New Way to Help Conserve and Protect Michigan’s Coldwater Fisheries 4/15/2009 By Kristin Nelson, Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited Monitoring Specialist, Huron Pines AmeriCorps There is a new hands-on volunteer opportunity for TU members.  The Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited (MCTU) is starting a volunteer   ...   River Cleanup Program Based on Successful Highway Project 4/13/2009 News from the Au Sable Big Water Preservation Association Mio, Michigan – It’s worked to alleviate litter on the nation’s highways so why not for a much beloved, and much littered, river? The section of   ...   No Phosphorus in Roscommon County 3/27/2009 IMPORTANT NEWS from The Houghton Lake Improvement Board Roscommon County and the four townships surrounding Houghton Lake (Denton, Lake, Markey, and Roscommon) have all adopted ordinances that prohibit the use of lawn fertilizers containing   ...   Alpena News: Agencies team up to tackle invasive species 3/25/2009 Originally in the Alpena News by Patty Ramus Huron Pines is partnering with other agencies to address invasive plant species found along Lake Huron's shoreline in Northeast Michigan. In December 2008 Huron Pines began meeting with   ...   Water in Motion at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 3/23/2009 On Saturday, March 21, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary geared up for spring by hosting a "Water in Motion" Family Fun Day event. Partners for the event included the Fish and Wildlife Service, SeaGrant, Huron Pines AmeriCorps and   ...   Alpena News: Huron Pines program helps land owners 3/17/2009 Originally in the Alpena News by Patty Ramus Northeast Michigan residents have a chance to receive free assistance with managing their land through a new program being offered by Huron Pines. For the first time the nonprofit   ...   Huron Pines Kicks off Conservation First Responder Program 2/26/2009 Huron Pines is offering a FREE Conservation First Responder Program to landowners looking for assistance with managing their land in the 11 counties of Northeast Michigan. The Conservation First Responder Program is made up of a team of   ...   Bay City Times: Die, phragmites, die! 2/25/2009 Volunteers working to keep Saginaw Bay's invasive reeds from moving north by Jeff Kart | originally in The Bay City Times Tuesday February 24, 2009 An army of invaders is marching north from Bay City. Tim   ...   Invasive Species a Central Topic for Northeast Michigan Leaders 2/18/2009 From the turnout at Huron Pines Annual Meeting, there is a lot of community interest in Invasive Species in Michigan. Over 90 leaders from across Northeast Michigan met in Gaylord to learn more about these destructive invaders. The meeting featured   ...   Peltz Road/Stream Crossing Complete 2/5/2009 We would like to recognize the hard work recently contributed to the completion of a road stream crossing improvement project on the Little Ocqueoc River. On October 24, 2008, Wolverine Power and the Presque Isle County Road Commission   ...   Priority Projects 1/21/2009 We created a list of the most important potential on‐the‐ground projects across the 11 county service area of Huron Pines. We’ve used locally‐developed watershed management plans to start the process, along with input from many of our   ...   2009 Annual Meeting- Focus on Invasive Species 1/7/2009 Please join us for the Huron Pines Annual Meeting.  Learn about the impacts of invasive species in Michigan and what communities are doing about it. When: February 7, 2009 from 9:30am-1:00pm* (click here to view   ...   October 17th Great Lakes Restoration Public Input Meeting 10/1/2008 Huron Pines and Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council are pleased to announce that public input meetings will be held on October 17th in Grayling and October 27th in Petoskey to gather regional input for Michigan’s Great Lakes Restoration and   ...   Dam Summit 9/18/2008 From the turnout at our Dam Summit on September 17, 2008, it seems we struck an important chord in Northeast Michigan.  Over 80 people attended the meeting to hear more about dams and learn about the removal process. Because dam failures are   ...   How to get a project started with Huron Pines 8/19/2008 Know of a conservation problem that needs technical or financial help? Huron Pines is an organization that helps communities and organizations identify specific problems and develop solutions. Our not-for-profit   ...   AmeriCorps Celebrates Success of 1st Year Volunteers 8/13/2008 Service projects are a trademark of national AmeriCorps volunteers, and the 9 members serving with the Huron Pines AmeriCorps program are keeping that initiative alive. On Wednesday, August 6th the Huron Pines AmeriCorps members dug, pulled and   ...   Date set for Dam Summit 8/7/2008 Recently, there have been a number of reports in the news about problems with dams – both what happens after a dam failure like the catastrophe on the Pigeon River, as well as the everyday problems that dams can cause for fish passage, warming   ...   Invitation to DNR State Forest Planning meetings 7/23/2008 Released by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources July 10, 2008 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites you to attend one or more of a series of informational meetings to provide information and receive   ...   Youth Help to Build Fish Habitat 7/9/2008 The Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited returned to the area again this week to introduce the students of its River Conservation and Fishing Camp to the process of hands-on habitat restoration. With good weather, lots of   ...   Rain Gardens Receive Much-Needed TLC 7/2/2008 Some of the Grayling rain gardens are getting makeovers this summer as part of an adopt-a-rain garden program for the Grayling Stormwater Project. In return for watering and weeding the gardens regularly, residents who sign an agreement to take care   ...   Higgins Lake Homeowner's Guide Completed 6/25/2008 Huron Pines is known for completing DEQ-approved watershed management plans across our service area. However, the public is often unaware of the importance of such plans to their watershed. The Roscommon County Community Foundation   ...   Otsego Lake Greenbelt Workshop 6/25/2008 Huron Pines AmeriCorps hosted an all-day workshop on greenbelts in an effort to promote better water quality. We had an enthusiastic group and a beautiful day. The first half of the workshop consisted of two lectures. The first was   ...   Huron Pines in the News 6/25/2008 HURON HAPPENING By: Doris Parker Cheboygan Daily Tribune Watching your front yard slowly eroding into the Ocqueoc River is unnerving, to say the least. The river current was coming into a curve, undermining the bank,   ...   Trout Unlimited works with Huron Pines to improve coldwater streams 6/4/2008 There are nonprofit organizations that work on projects. There are nonprofit organizations that strongly advocate for what they believe in. There are nonprofit organizations that provide funding for projects. And then there’s the Paul H. Young   ...   Challenge Chapter TU Covers Claybanks 5/28/2008 On May 17, 2008, the Challenge Chapter of Trout Unlimited volunteered to help with the restoration efforts of the Claybanks project on the Au Sable River, where human-caused erosion is contributing over 250 tons of sediment to the river each year.   ...   Volunteers implement long-awaited erosion control on the Black River 5/14/2008 The lake sturgeon spawning in the Black River weren’t the only thing to view this weekend. The streambank was busy with 35 volunteers lending a hand to protect the spawning beds from further sedimentation. The sediment, mainly sand, has been   ...   Conservation Help for Landowners 5/5/2008 All across Northeast Michigan there are landowners who have questions about attracting wildlife, managing their forest, or improving water quality. Unfortunately, many of these questions go unanswered because there is not a single place,   ...   Special Opportunity for Nonprofit Organizations 4/16/2008 With the increasing role that not-for-profit organizations are having in their communities, a great opportunity for groups to have a greater impact and to expand their services is now available. Through a partnership between the Michigan Community   ...   Grayling Stormwater Receives Exemplary Effort Award 3/24/2008 The Michigan Rural Water Association (MRWA) recently showed its appreciation for the effort to reduce polluted stormwater runoff into the Au Sable River from the city of Grayling. On Thursday March 20, Huron Pines Executive Director   ...   Au Sable River Receives MDNR Fisheries Funding 3/18/2008 For years fisheries biologists have identified a lack of instream “large woody debris” as one of the major problems facing the Au Sable River’s fishery. The popular river system brings millions of dollars’ worth of recreation dollars into   ...   North Branch Au Sable - Watershed Planning 3/3/2008 Representatives from six organizations and private landowners gathered Saturday, February 23, 2008, to participate in the first of a series of public meetings organized to discuss the status and future of the North Branch Au Sable River Watershed.   ...   Volunteer Stream Monitoring Project Set to Begin 2/20/2008 The Michigan Clean Water Corps has seleceted the Pine River/Van Etten Lake Watershed as one of the next locations to begin a volunteer stream monitoring program. The Michigan Clean Water Corps, known as MiCorps, has fully funded an application   ...   Higgins Lake Foundation Approves 2008 Shoreline Funding 2/20/2008 In January 2008, the Higgins Lake Foundation renewed its partnership with Huron Pines and approved nearly $30,000 in funding for the successful Higgins Lake Shoreline Stewardship program. This years projects include: - a   ...   Huron Pines Annual Meeting- February 2nd, 2008 2/6/2008 The Huron Pines Annual Meeting, on Saturday, February 2nd in Hillman, was a great success. This year marked our 35th anniversary and also wrapped up a number of significant resource conservation projects. The energy at the meeting helped   ...   Huron Pines 2007 River Restoration Crew 12/29/2007 The Huron Pines’ Restoration Crew had a productive field season installing Large Woody Debris (LWD) to the Au Sable River system to replenish in-stream habitat.    ...   Good Stewardship: Over 200 miles from home 11/30/2007 The Paul H Young Chapter of Trout Unlimited was at it again this fall. Twice a year they visit the cold-water fisheries of Northeast Michigan to fish and celebrate commradery, but most importantly, to work. They work to restore, protect and   ...   Higgins Lake 2007 milfoil survey completed 11/20/2007 Higgins Lake is a popular recreation resource located in Roscommon County near where I-75 and M-27 come together. It is a 9,831 acre oligotrophic lake that is 140 feet at its deepest point. It has a hydrologic retention time of approximately 12   ...   Local leaders complete 15 hours of training 10/20/2007 Huron Pines is pleased to recognize several leaders who have recently completed a five course series of workshops on protecting water resources. Funded through the Americana Foundation and the Natural Resources Conservation Service,   ...   PRVEL Coalition Volunteers Install Greenbelt on Van Etten Lake 9/10/2007 On Friday, September 7, 2007, a group of volunteers took a step towards protecting the water quality of Van Etten Lake while saving a resident's beach. Mrs. Forrest, who has been spending summers at the lakeshore property for 40   ...   Greenbelt Program Continues on Higgins Lake 6/13/2007 The Higgins Lake Stewardship Program will once again offer an opportunity to apply for financial assistance and expert consultation for the installation of a greenbelt on the Higgins Lake shoreline. Huron Pines will provide a staff   ...   City of Grayling Reaches Stormwater Treatment Milestone For Protection of the Famed AuSable River 5/9/2007 GRAYLING—This week, the city of Grayling will reach an important milestone in the continuing effort to keep one of the nation’s premier trout fishing and canoeing streams clean for this and future generations. On Wednesday, May 9, contractors   ...   Memorial Fund Commemorates love for the Pigeon River Country 2/24/2007 Recently, northern Michigan lost a true outdoorsman whose love for wild areas and the Pigeon River Country affected the lives of everyone around him. As William L. Myers, Jr., explained about his dad, “he always spent time with me and my two   ...   Greenbelts Installed along Higgins Lake in 2006 8/28/2006 One of the most important things a riparian property owner can do to protect water quality is maintain or reestablish a native green belt along their shoreline. This concept has been promoted along Higgins Lake for many years. Literature has been   ...   Ocqueoc River: And the Effort to Keep it One of Northern Michigan's True Gems 8/23/2006 Reprinted from Michigan's Streamside Journal, Summer 2006 By Kurt Kuban Editor Gary Hubbard has an interesting way of trying to combat the erosion problem that plagues his property overlooking the Ocqueoc   ...   Conservation partnership forges ahead to protect the Pigeon River Country 8/23/2006 When it comes to conserving the Lower Peninsula’s largest contiguous forestland, it takes a lot of help. That’s why partners ranging from the business community to nonprofit conservation groups to the State of Michigan have teamed together to   ...   Volunteers help out in the Pine River-Van Etten Lake Watershed 7/27/2006 Native brook trout now have more quality habitat to thrive in, thanks to the efforts of over ten volunteers from the Pine River/Van Etten Lake Watershed Coalition, Huron Pines and Walt and Valerie Joslin. The streambank restoration project, funded   ...   Stormwater Rain Gardens Planted to Help Protect the Au Sable 6/8/2006 Polluted stormwater runoff from streets and parking areas negatively impacts rivers like the Au Sable. Stormwater runoff leads to fluctuating water flows, downstream erosion, warmer water temperatures, and adds sediment, trash and potentially   ...   Little Ocqueoc River crossing repaired 2/24/2006 This fall the Presque Isle County Road Commission completed construction on the Little Ocqueoc River-North Silver Creek Road improvement project. The Road Commission partnered with Huron Pines (providing funding from a Section 319 DEQ grant) and the   ...   Recent Projects In Roscommon County 11/7/2005 Higgins Lake is a 9,900-acre high-quality lake located in Roscommon County. The lake, 140 feet at its deepest point, is a tremendous natural resource, attracting thousands of people to live near it and thousands more to visit each year. Protecting   ...   Rogers City Stormwater Study 7/20/2005 Those living and vacationing in Rogers City enjoy the quiet charm of the community and the beautiful Lake Huron shoreline. Miles of bicycle paths, beautiful parks, and one of Michigan’s best marinas are all found along the coastline. In order to   ...   Weevils released into Fletcher Pond 7/18/2005 With the sun shining overhead and no wind to speak of two technicians from EnviroScience Inc. released over 15,000 milfoil eating weevil eggs into Fletcher Pond. A preliminary vegetation sample found several adult weevils already in the lake.   ...   Improving Natural Resources 4/9/2005 Improving Natural Resources By SUE LATUSZEK The Alpena News April 9, 2005 Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Area Council has been serving the 11-county, 4.2 million acre region of Northeast   ...   Privacy  |  Refunds  |  Security