The Board of Directors of the St. Joseph County Conservation District will hold its annual meeting Tuesday evening (March 13th) at the FOP Lodge # 106 on M-86 east of Centreville. The meeting will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The agenda for the annual meeting includes a summary of last year’s accomplishments and [...]
The Carnegie Center for the Arts will host an opening reception for three shows on Sunday (March 11th) from 2 to 4 p.m. Opening are the St. Joseph County High School and Fiber Art Mixed Media – Putting It Together, showcasing the work of high school students throughout St. Joseph County, and a show of [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a frequent topic on the campaign trail in this presidential election year. Articles from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Center for American Progress Action Fund reveal contrasting points of view on the EPA, regulations and jobs. To access these articles, click on the following links: [...]
KALAMAZOO – The Maple Sugar Festival is sweet beyond the taste of maple syrup; to many, it signifies the first taste of spring! The 47th Annual Maple Sugar Festival will be held at the Kalamazoo Nature Center Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18. Start the day with delicious pancakes smothered in real Michigan maple [...]
State Rep. Matt Lori Thursday (March 8th) announced a $168,250 grant to help St. Joseph County farmers better manage their yields while protecting the environment. The funds come from the SW Michigan Adapt Network, a new partnership of state and federal agencies with a private nonprofit group. The Michigan taxpayer funds used have a limited [...]
Licenses for a new program aimed at introducing children under the age of 10 to hunting and fishing in Michigan are now available for purchase. The Mentored Youth Hunting license costs $7.50, and is a “package” license that includes small game, spring and fall turkey (private or public land), two deer tags (any deer), a [...]
James Baker, director of the Clean Water Plant in Three Rivers, has issued the following news release regarding the progress of repairs at the facility:
At Hartwick Pines State Park’s Visitor Center and Logging Museum March 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. visitors can spend the day learning about – and sampling – North America’s oldest agricultural product, maple sugar! Visitors to the park are invited to: Walk into the sugar bush to help tap a maple tree; Watch [...]
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Kalamazoo Nature Center (KNC) staff, working with Georgia-Pacific, Terra Contracting, local filmmaker Matt Clysdale and artist Brent Spink will provide a new nesting site for the Osprey that began nesting on an old power line pole on the former Georgia-Pacific mill site property in 2009. The nesting [...]
Birds in the trees in our Three Rivers backyard seemed to be exceptionally active with songs as I headed to the garage around 8 o’clock Friday morning (March 2nd). To hear a bit of their activity, click on the following link: Backyard birds – March 2, 2012 (:58) Bruce Snook River Country Journal
The National Weather Service predicts windy conditions Friday evening (March 2nd) into Friday night. Strong westerly winds will wrap behind an intensifying low pressure system as the low tracks northeast through the Great Lakes region Friday evening. Sustained winds will quickly ramp up with the passage of the cold front early Friday night – to around [...]
PORTAGE — The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC), completed its 20th year of operation by protecting more than 1,500 acres and, cumulatively, more than 10,000 total acres. This landmark year demonstrates the commitment to conservation by the people of southwest Michigan and sets a new benchmark for SWMLC’s success. During 2011, SWMLC protected 1,571 acres [...]
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Would you like to learn more about boat building, identifying birds in the wild or using a fishing pole? You won’t have to look far to find wildlife-related workshops at this year’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Week. ANR Week, scheduled March 3-10, is an annual event that hosts a wide [...]
Cass County is among 45 Michigan counties designated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as natural disaster areas for three separate occurrences in February and May 2011. For more on the story from the Dowagiac Daily News, click on the following link: Cass tagged a disaster area To access the January 30, 2012 [...]
The Southern Lake Michigan Management Unit is announcing fishery management actions and activities for the 2012-2013 angling season. These actions and activities include fish stocking, habitat rehabilitation projects, creel census, fish community surveys and angler access programs. “These management updates are provided as a means to notify anglers and the public of changes in management [...]
The Michigan Maritime Museum is located in South Haven, Michigan. We are dedicated to the preservation of Michigan Great Lakes and waterways maritime history and culture. The Museum collects objects related to the maritime history of the Great Lakes with an emphasis on items pertaining to the state of Michigan. We are happy to participate [...]
Join in the effort to protect critical dune, prairie and forest habitats stretching from Berrien to Muskegon counties. State recreation officials today announced the schedule of volunteer stewardship activities for the month of March as a part of the new Volunteer Steward program in southwestern Michigan state parks and recreation areas. Volunteers, ranging from youngsters [...]
Spring may be less than a month away – with its arrival officially slated for March 20th– but Mother Nature is making sure that ‘winter’ is the operative word and season this weekend in ‘River Country.’ The point is illustrated in the accompanying photographs – one of the ‘Storytime’ sculpture in the walk-through from North [...]
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released its annual report on solid waste landfilled in Michigan, noting an overall 0.9 percent decrease in the volume of solid waste sent to Michigan facilities. Waste disposed-of by Michigan residents and businesses increased approximately 3 percent, and waste imported from other states and Canada decreased approximately 12.8 percent. Ontario’s [...]
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a dense fog advisory which is in effect until 9 a.m. Thursday (February 23rd). Forecasters say dense fog has formed over Northern Indiana, Northwest Ohio and the adjacent counties in Southern Michigan early Thursday morning. Visibilities at many locations in the area were a quarter mile [...]
