Monday, Sep 30, 2024
This year's Conservation 'Pool' Party was a splash!
Thank you to all who joined us at Fenner Nature Center on Sunday, September 29th.
It was so lovely to spend the afternoon with a group of such friendly folks. We hope you feel more connected to the network of people contributing to conservation in Michigan and the variety of ways you can be a ‘friend to nature’!
Thank you to the Capital Area Conservation Stewards Program for co-hosting along with the Michigan Vernal Pools Partnership!
The event began with a social hour between Michigan Vernal Pool Patrollers, MVPP Partners, Conservation Stewards, and 'Friends of Nature' (anyone interested in learning more about community science in their area!). Local partners shared information about their work and how folks could get further involved, crafts were constructed, and cookies were consumed (Thank you Alexa!).
Following the social hour, the group gathered outside the pavilion and took a short stroll into the park to visit a dry vernal pool. Yu Man Lee, Pool Patrol Coordinator at the Michigan Natural Features Inventory and co-founder of the MVPP, gave a lesson on how you can identify a dry vernal pool in the fall & winter seasons and the importance of monitoring drawdown.
Thank you again to all who attended and we hope to see you in the spring for the 2025 monitoring season! The success of the Vernal Pool Patrol & Michigan Vernal Pools Partnership wouldn't be possible without all of the efforts of our wonderful volunteers & partners. Exciting things to come!
Also, thanks to all the groups who came to share about their organizations! If you’re looking to learn more about any of the partners who attended, see below.
Clinton Conservation District: https://www.
Mid-Michigan CISMA: https://www.michiganinvasives.
Woldumar Nature Center: https://woldumar.org/
Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter: https://wildoneslansing.
MSU Extension Conservation Stewards Program: https://www.canr.msu.edu/
Michigan Natural Features Inventory: https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/
Michigan Nature Association: https://www.michigannature.
MVPP: www.mivernalpools.com (Subscribe to our newsletter, the Pool Report!)