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Stroll with Amanda Klain, a native plant advocate and plant connoisseur, through a Legacy's Sharon Hills Preserve to discover plants used as medicine historically and today. Learn to properly identify some of these "herbal allies," hear a history of their use as medicine, and gain insight into why today's trained herbalists prize certain species. Expect […]
Henslow's sparrow. Photo by Chuck Mekbel. Gary Siegrist, a Legacy volunteer and naturalist, will help you identify the grassland birds of Watkins Lake during their nesting season. Grassland birds observed at Watkins Lake include: Henslow’s Sparrow (endangered in MI), Grasshopper Sparrow and Dickcissel (species of special concern, meaning they are rare or declining in number), […]
Courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The first instance of Japanese stiltgrass in Michigan was found in Scio Township by a private resident in 2017. This is a quickly spreading herbaceous invasive. Help keep additional populations from cropping up by learning what to look for and how to eradicate it. Andrea and Jim Matthies […]
Damage to an oak’s bark can expose the tree to the oak wilt fungus. Photo by Bill Cook, MSU Extension. Oak wilt has been showing up more frequently in our area and most of us are just starting to learn how to deal with it. Come learn from experts how to identify and treat oak […]
On July 24 from 9:30am-11:30am, Legacy Land Conservancy's Stewardship Crew will be hosting a workday at Sharon Hills Preserve to remove invasive plant species, primarily Japanese Hedge Parsley. Join us for one of our first workdays since before the pandemic began. Coffee and donuts will be provided compliments of Starbucks and Washtenaw Dairy! Wear pants and […]
On September 2 from 10am-12pm, Legacy Land Conservancy's stewardship team will be hosting a workday at Sharon Hills Preserve. Join us and help remove the invasive species autumn olive. Volunteers (using loppers and hand-saws) will cut back shrubs to two-inch stumps and help haul cut plant material. Stumps will be treated with herbicide by Legacy […]