Events

Every spring, Keweenaw Wild Ones partners with a couple other organizations on this symposium, which we hold on a Saturday morning and includes three speakers. For the last couple years, we've been able to afford a professional speaker, which has raised the bar. Overall, it takes a lot of work, but it's well worth it. We get lots of good feedback from participants.

This year, we had Nancy Lawson as our keynote. We also had an MSU Extension educator emeritus, who spoke on predatory and parasitoid insects and their role in the garden. Finally, we hosted a local shoreline contractor, who discussed the value of "soft shorelines" and gave lots of information on the problems with hard shorelines like sea walls and what's involved in establishing a soft shoreline using native plants.