WMPL Radio, April 10, 2025
Marcia was interviewed about the benefits of native plant landscaping and the Keweenaw Native Plant Symposium.
Copper Country Today, March 23, 2025
Todd VanDyke interviewed WOK president Marcia Goodrich about the benefits of native gardening and the upcoming Keweenaw Native Plant Symposium.
Copper Country Today airs throughout Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula Sunday mornings at 7:00 on WOLV 97.7 FM, 8:00 on WCCY 99.3 FM and 1400 AM, 9:00 on WHKB 102.3 FM, and 10:00 on WHBS 96.3 FM.
Daily Mining Gazette
Nov. 25, 2024
Staff writer Ben Garbacz attended WOK’s “Monarchs, Milkweeds, Native Plants: Oh My!” slide show and seed ball workshop Nov. 20 and wrote “Keweenaw Wild Ones Promotes Pollinators.” Pictured are kids and adults making seed balls using common milkweed.
Copper Country Intermediate School District Newsletter, Nov. 20, 2024
With support from the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative, Chassell science teacher Beth Squires has long emphasized place-based, hands-on learning in all her classes. With help from Keweenaw Wild Ones, the Symbiotic Schoolyard middle-school science unit has become another tool in her toolbox.
WOK donated this unit, which teaches biodiversity and provides a framework for kids to grow a native plant garden on school grounds.
David Sims outlines Beth’s efforts in his article “Local Students Become Environmental Stewards through Hands-on Learning,” published in the Copper Country Intermediate School District newsletter.
Beth discusses her work, including Symbiotic Schoolyard, on the CCISD’s Coppercast “Nature as Classroom.”
WMPL Radio
August 1, 2024
Mary Ann Schulze interviewed KISMA coordinator Sigrid Resh and WOK president Marcia Goodrich on air on Barberry Trade-Up Days.
WLUC TV6
August 2, 2024
WOK president Marcia Goodrich appeared with Dr. Sigrid Resh (pictured), coordinator of the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA), to promote Barberry Trade-Up Days. Area residents turning in a Japanese barberry receive $10 off a native shrub. Colin Jackson produced the story, “KISMA, Keweenaw Wild Ones to hold three Japanese barberry removal drop-off events.”
Keweenaw Report
Houghton Community Broadcasting
July 30, 2024
Todd VanDyke interviewed KISMA coordinator Dr. Sigrid Resh and WOK president Marcia Goodrich for a feature on Barberry Trade-up Days, “KISMA and Keweenaw Wild Ones Partner to Help Rid the Keweenaw of Barberry.”
Daily Mining Gazette
June 28, 2024
WOK member Lynne Robertson’s collaboration with local Girl Scouts culminated with the planting of a red oak in Houghton’s Kestner Park. Garrett Neese’s article for the DMG, “Girl Scout Promise: Local Troop Plants Tree in Kestner Park,” includes quotes by Lynne on oaks’ value as a host species.
Keweenaw Report
Houghton Community Broadcasting
June 18, 2024
WOLV/K-Bear radio interviewed WOK president Marcia Goodrich on our latest native plant sale. The broadcast and the followup article on their website introduced a new audience to Wild Ones.
Daily Mining Gazette
April 23, 2024
Several WOK members transplanted seedlings into pots for our summer sales at the Keweenaw Land Trust offices on Earth Day. Also at the event, KLT volunteers transplanted seedlings for later planting on KLT lands. Garrett Neese wrote the article, “Plant for the Planet.”
Daily Mining Gazette
April 15, 2024
WOK member Kristiine Bradof appears in the front page article “Sprucing it Up,” by reporter Garrett Neese. Kristine joined WOK members Craig Waddell and Vicky Bergvall in tidying up WOK’s native garden at Kestner Park, part of the Houghton Beautification Committee’s spring cleaning effort.
Kristine showed off WOK’s garden sign and noted that by adding native plants, we’re supporting wildlife.
WLUC TV6
July 30, 2023
Reporter Colin Jackson ran this story on our first public native garden tour, which provided great publicity. See “Wild Ones Keweenaw Chapter to Host Native Garden Tour on Sunday.”
WLUC TV6
June 21, 2023
Reporter Colin Jackson covered our event honoring friend and fellow Wild One Kathe Salmi. See “Garden bench dedication ceremony held for Hancock resident Kathe Salmi.“
Daily Mining Gazette,
June 1, 2023
Reporter Madeleine Smith interviewed WOK president Marcia Goodrich for her article about No Mow May, “Lawncare a Powerful Tool to Benefit Pollinators.”
Marquette Monthly, May 2023
Pam Christensen spoke with WOK treasurer Susan Miko for her article “Rite of Spring,” about public gardening efforts in the U.P. Susan, who is instrumental in beautifying Hancock, gave a plug for Wild Ones and mentioned the increased interest in native plants. The article begins on page 24.
Marquette Monthly, March 2023
Deborah Frontiera interviewed WOK members Marcia Goodrich and Suzanne Sharland and local native gardener Mark Jalkonen for her article “Cultivatiing the Wild: How Native Plant Gardens Help Local Ecosystems.” The article begins on page 55.
Copper Country Today, February 19, 2023
Houghton Community Broadcasting radio personality Todd VanDyke interviewed WOK president Marcia Goodrich on making your lawn and garden more environmentally friendly by using native plants. This Copper Country Today episode was broadcast on K-Bear 102 and 97.7 The Wolf and is available on Spotify.
Daily Mining Gazette, August 13, 2021
Reporter Chris Jaenig’s article “Keweenaw Wild Ones and Hancock Beautification Committee Planting Green Joy” covered the groups’ efforts to tidy up native plantings along Tezcuco Street, in Hancock.
Daily Mining Gazette,
June 22, 2021
Reporter Chris Jaenig’s article “Keweenaw Wild Ones: Sale, Lesson in Local Plants” publicized WOK’s plant sale and provided a great forum for explaining the value of native plants.