2026 ECD WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS CALENDAR:

APRIL
- Tue. May 5, 6-8pm - Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
- Sat. April 18, 10am-12pm - Planting & New Fruit Tree Care Workshop
- 2026 Spring Tree Sale Pick Up Weekend: Fri & Sat. April 24-25

AUGUST:
-Native Plant Workshop & Sale: Sat. August 15, Workshop 11-1, Sale 1-4PM

OCTOBER: 
- ECD Annual Dinner Meeting & Board Elections: Tue. Oct. 13, 2025

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pictures from past Emmet Conservation District programs & events

Steve Fouch presenting at the Spring Apple-Fruit Tree Workshop at Gabriel Farms

2015 Shiitake Mushroom Workbee at the Emmet County Fairgrounds with the Crosshatch Organization (formerly I.S.L.A.N.D.)

Marilynn Smith teaching the fall mushroom workshop at the University of Michigan Biological Station

Fall Forestry Tour Participants observing differences in growth rings on oak trees.

2014 Fall Forestry Tour participants

2016 Invasive Species/Herbicide Workshop at North Central Michigan College with Vern Stephens

2016 ECD Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Dr. Anton Reznicek, from the University of Michigan Herbarium, presenting on conservation of native species.

2016 Native Plants Sale

ECD Invasive Species Informational Table at the 2015 Waganakasing Bay Day