MI Conservation Dogs

05/27/2026

🎤 testing, testing!

It’s been quiet over here for a million reasons, including some travel, some bronchitis, and a whole lot of planning!

Mollee wanted me to show you *how* patient she’s been nursing the lowly human during her humanness: she’s perfecting the upside down stretchy pointer.

We’ve got so much to talk about!

05/21/2026

Save the date! We’ll be there…

Save the Date for the Third Annual Folk Festival!

Instructor Demonstrations
Live Music Performances
Food Trucks from Local Vendors
Silent Auction of Instructor-Made Goods
Field Games and Activities
and more!

When: Saturday, September 19 from 10am - 3pm
Where: The Michigan Folk School at Staebler Farm County Park
7734 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor

Make sure to put this on your calendar, we are excited to see you there!

05/02/2026

I feel like we need a good game for Woodsy Walk BINGO!!! How many of these have you seen?!

We could check off: trillium, may apples & bloodroot!!!

Planning on a hike sometime soon? Check out our handy-dandy spring wildflower guide!

The PDF link to download it and print a copy is in the comments. Happy exploring — and remember to not pick any flowers you might find! 🫶

05/01/2026

When .5% of an estimated 160,000 acres of unique wetland is left, we should do everything we can to save it.

Have you heard about Sibley Prairie and the ongoing efforts to save it? Well, now you have.

Contributions are welcome (I’m guessing), though sharing widely is also critical.

(Sidebar: I love Black to the Land Coalition , as well as following Ian Solomon having fun!)

Less than 0.5% of Michigan's lakeplain prairie remains. Activists race to protect 440-acre Sibley Prairie before it's sold to developers.

04/30/2026

Who’s going to join us for this learning opportunity?! RSVP to [email protected]

See you there..

We are excited to have our Washtenaw training seminar date fixed! Please join us on Friday May 29th from 10am-12noon. Attendees are able to receive 2 RUP credits in catagories 2, 3B, 6, Commercial Core, and Private Core.

04/29/2026

How FUN!!! Look, we know we can’t do *all* the cool things, but we sure do feel like we missed out on this one.

04/29/2026

Citizen Science, the Conservation Detection class.

The weather,
The dogs,
The wind,
The people,
The training space…all gorgeous.

Working with other like-minded humans who want to contribute to keeping our planet safe? The balm I needed after a grueling couple weeks.

04/22/2026

The concept of dogs as conservation detection partners is relatively new to Michigander stakeholders….though several other companies have long-standing relationships.

One of our main goals for this calendar year is to connect with local, regional, and state agencies to help them understand the powerful resource a conservation detection can be.

We’re here to help! Who should we connect with? We’d love your suggestions…

04/21/2026

So well deserved for the work they’re doing! Congratulations!!!