Pollinator Workshop with Pheasants Forever

551 Courthouse Drive,Charlotte MI 48813

23 March, 2023

Description

Landowners looking to attract songbirds, pheasants and pollinators like butterflies onto their property, while improving air, water and soil quality, are invited to attend one of several free workshops about the programs and tools available to help create quality wildlife habitat. Eaton Conservation District and Pheasants Forever will be putting on a workshop about native pollinators and their benefits. As well as how to plant, manage and fund grassland habitats on private land. This year, our featured speaker will be Meghan Milbrath, assistant professor at MSU's Department of Entomology. Shawn Kelly, Eaton County's soil conservationist will also give a short presentation about programs offered through the USDA to be reimbursed for habitat restoration work. Grassland habitats provide significant value to wildlife and to Michigan citizens. They filter water, collect carbon to help clean the air and hold down soil to prevent erosion. They also provide homes and food for a variety of wildlife, including deer, songbirds, butterflies, turkeys, pheasants and insects like bees and butterflies that help pollinate important agricultural crops. These workshops are hosted in part by the Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative Coalition. The Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative is a conservation initiative to restore and enhance Michigan pheasant habitat, populations and hunting opportunities on private and public lands via pheasant cooperatives. The initiative works by acquiring state and federal resources to assist landowners in the cooperatives to improve wildlife habitat on their properties and by improving habitat on selected state game areas, recreation areas or other public lands. Photo credit Hollie Lane.