- 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
- 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.


