Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve will be hosting a winter bird survey on February 5th in Big Bay. We are looking for interested participants to come and find out who is still brave enough to stay the winter in the watershed. Start time is 9:30am and we will be at the YDWP office to go [...]

As we continue our mission to protect the waters of our area, we participate in the International Beach Clean Up every September. So this year we will be cleaning the public beach in Big Bay on September 25 at 10am. We always have a ton of fun and remove hundreds of pounds of garbage that [...]

For the 2nd year in a row, the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve will be hosting the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival along with Downwind Sports and Students for Sustainable Living. The event is scheduled for November 4, 2010 at 6pm in room 103 of Jamrich Hall on the campus of Northern Michigan University. Last [...]

In early celebration of World Wide Water Monitoring Day, the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve is hosting a training session for individuals who want to learn more about river ecosystems and assist in our water monitoring program.  We will provide information, tools, refreshments, and a free river monitoring T-shirt on September  11, 2010 to those who [...]

NORTHWOODS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OUTING Proposed Kennecott haul road and North Country Trail Michigamme Highlands, Marquette County, Michigan Saturday, August 28, 10 AM Eastern (9 AM Central). Leaders: Emily Whittaker, Executive Director, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Steve Garske, Invasive Plant Specialist, GLIFWC This trip will begin near the southern end of the proposed mining haul [...]