OSCEOLA-LAKE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

Conservation Education & Promotion

Education

Attention Teachers! Here are some excellent educational websites….

Go to Bat Guide to learn how to get information on BATS!

Click here for information about Recycling and Composting Information

Educational Websites for Kids:

S.K. Worm Answers Your Questions About Soil and Stuff
EPA - Student Center
National Wildlife Federation
Do L.A.P.S. for Michigan
(Learn from the past, Appreciate the present, Preserve our outdoor heritage.)
Dumptown Game
Drinking Water Kid's Stuff

Educational Websites for Teachers/Leaders:

EPA - Teachers
Project Wild
Groundwater Education in Michigan
Groundwater and Drinking Water

Promotion

Annual and Lifetime Sponsorships

Join our growing list of Lifetime and Annual Sponsors

Becoming a sponsor and giving a contribution helps fund the conservation programs that manage, protect and improve our natural resources.

Included in your sponsorship package:

Annual Sponsorship ($40.00)

  • *2% Discount on all products sold through the District office and during our Spring & Fall Tree Sales.
  • One (1) District T-shirt
  • One (1) District Hat
  • Sponsorship Card
  • District Window Sticker
  • Two (2) Newsletters per Year

Annual Sponsorship Renewal ($15.00)

  • *2% Discount on all products sold through the District office and during our Spring & Fall Tree Sales.
  • Sponsorship Card
  • Two (2) Newsletters per Year

Lifetime Sponsorship ($200.00)

  • *2% Discount on all products sold through the District office and during our Spring & Fall Tree Sales.
  • Two (2) District T-shirts
  • Two (2) District Hats
  • District Window Sticker
  • Lifetime Certificate
  • Sponsorship Card
  • Two (2) Newsletters per Year

*Discount applies to all items sold at the District office and through our Seedling Sales except:
-Tree Planting Spade Rental
-Tree Shrub Seedlings when receiving cost-share

When placing your next tree order just add the sponsorship you choose to your order form (please include T-shirt sizes).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

 

Unique Tree Hunt

Many thanks to those who forwarded pictures of "unique trees" in Osceola, Lake, and Mecosta Counties. We will continue to collect pictures and show them in future newsletters and on this website.

White Cedar Seedling
growing in crotch
of Red Maple-Burdell
Township (MDOT Property)

 

How many trees?
Spruce tree in
Chase Township
Photo courtesy of Bill Baar

Multiple Stemmed
Red Pine in
Ellsworth Township
Photo courtesy of
Bill Vertalka

 

Japanese and American
Elm tree graft located
at Paris Park - Paris, MI

Stem Disease on Black Oak
Cherry Valley Township
(State Land)

 

White Oak located at the
East end of Clear Lake in
Colfax Township

Photos courtesy of Gary Fitch - Big Rapids Township

Rock Island Hemlock

Yellow Birch

 

 

Photos courtesy of Roy Holmquist

Burdell Township
Ironwood Tree

 

Lake County
White Oak
Registered in 1839 as a
10-inch diameter section
corner witness tree

White Birch growing
from a White Pine stump
Rick Lucas Property in
Richmond Township

 

Twisted Stem White Pine
Lincoln Township
Rick Lucas Property

Two Beech trees joined
into one at
Gingrich Tree Farm
in Lincoln Township

 

 

 

Contact Us:

138 W. Upton, Suite #2
Reed City, MI 49677
Contact: Charmaine Lucas  charmaine.lucas@mi.nacdnet.net
Phone (231) 832-2950
Fax (231) 832-2683