• Second Annual Little Traverse Wheelway Cleanup
• 10 am - 12:30 pm, Saturday, May 19th
• Meet at one of three locations: MDOT Roadside Park on U.S. 31 between Bay Shore & Charlevoix, East Park near Bay Harbor, or behind Glen's Fresh Market  in Petoskey.
• Bring work gear.  Great volunteer opportunity for older students!
• Call (231)348-8280 or ed@trailscouncil.org

• Little Traverse Conservancy will offer pond dippin' for kids of all ages.
• 10 am - 11:30 pm, Saturday, May 19th
• Spring Lake Park, Petoskey, on M-119
• Free!
• Pre-registration required.  Call (231)347-0991  

 Oden Fish Hatchery Visitor Center, Oden

• 9 am - 3 pm
• Free & open to students grades three through eight
• Activity stations include fly tying, learning the bugs of lakes and streams, knot tying, conservation ethics, spinning and fly casting, and actual trout fishing.
• Lunch provided.
• Register at (231)409-3345 or
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• Little Traverse Conservancy presents a Mother’s Day wildflower walk
• 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 13
•  Ransom Nature Preserve, Charlevoix.
• Free; pre-registration required. (231) 347-0991.

• Harbor Springs Chapter of the North Country Trail Association hosts a two-mile Mother’s Day hike
• 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13. 
• Meet at Pleasantview Township hall to carpool; dinner follows.
• Call  (231) 420-2836.

• A Mother’s Day morel and leek walk from 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, May 13
•  Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center, East Jordan.
• Dress for the weather, wear hiking footwear and bring a basket.
• $5-$10 suggested donation.
•  Call (231) 622-5252 or yvonne@artmeetsearth.org.

• A May Day Festival from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Sacred Sparks, 5070 Mount Bliss Road, East Jordan.
• The free event includes music, a maypole dance, earth healing ritual 1:30 p.m., garland dancers, psychic readers, kids activities and a potluck dinner 4 p.m.
• Donations of nonperishable food, toiletries, household supplies, infant care items and money will go to...

Little Traverse Conservancy presents a hike and talk on riverine mammals is 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 12, at Braun Nature Preserve, near Pellston. Free; pre-registration required. (231) 347-0991.