Community Calendar

North Sky Raptor Sanctuary presents, Raptor's LIVE! Sponsored by the Almira Township Parks.

Bring a chair or a blanket to this family friendly event in a beautiful park, located just outside Lake Ann.

Learn about birds of prey and see ambassador birds up close and personal.

This gentle movement practice brings peace and tranquility to your day and moves energy and circulation in the body, helping ease pain and strengthen our muscles, joints, bones and spirits.

Led by instructor Flora Biancalana, this class is very approachable for all experience and mobility levels. The class is done standing, or in a chair, and does not require any special equipment or ability.

Suggested Donation: $10/class

Come on out to help plant native plugs at Abby’s Woods, found within Arcadia Dunes Nature Preserve! Volunteers will learn about and take an active part in the Conservancy’s ongoing habitat restoration projects by assisting with planting native plugs grown in GTRLC’s very own greenhouse.

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Directions: Please meet us at the Abby’s Woods trailhead/parking area.

Registration is appreciated but is not required. Cancellations due to weather or any other reason will be communicated with registered participants via email.

Thank you for your interest in joining us! If you have any questions, please contact Erica DesJardins at edesjardins@gtrlc.org or 231-929-7911 (ext. 316).

Help the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy with a variety of tasks at Elberta Dunes South Natural Area! In order to manage this preserve to maintain its important ecosystem functions and accessibility to the public, we will be gathering to remove a smattering of invasive species present on the property and performing infrastructure improvements to the trail system.

For more information about this event, please click here.

Directions: Please meet us at the trailhead for Elberta Dunes South Natural Area. A map link to our exact meeting location can be found here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6jUPpCtRkzco4kKy8

Registration is appreciated but is not required. Cancellations due to weather or any other reason will be communicated with registered participants via email.

Thank you for your interest in joining us! If you have any questions, please contact Erica DesJardins at edesjardins@gtrlc.org or 231-929-7911 (ext. 316).

Join the Traverse City Police Department for their Resilience Night celebration!

This community building, stigma reducing event is open to all ages and will be held in Hull Park behind the library, as well as inside the McGuire Room.

Activities will include:

Live Music
Food Trucks
Dunk Tank
Face Painting
Big Trucks
Real Stories
Walk a Mile
Recovery Simulation
Family Fun for All!
Get Connected. Find Support. Save Lives.

Join us at Maplehurst Natural Area to help install hundreds of flowering plants and grasses grown in GTRLC’s very own greenhouse! Through this event, GTRLC strives to create healthy native habitats, increase species diversity, and revegetate degraded ecosystems. If this sounds like something that interests you, please attend our event and help us get some plants in the ground!

For more information about this event, please click here.

Directions: Please meet us in the parking lot at Maplehurst Natural Area.

Registration is appreciated but is not required. Cancellations due to weather or any other reason will be communicated with registered participants via email.

Thank you for your interest in joining us! If you have any questions, please contact Erica DesJardins at edesjardins@gtrlc.org or 231-929-7911 (ext. 316).

Help us build a brand new trail system at The Ridge! Join us for this work session and get a sneak peek of a property that’s not yet open to the public. Volunteers will help protect the valuable habitat on this property by constructing sustainable and strategically-planned sections of trail. This will create access and help guide future use on this property while protecting the most vulnerable parts of the special habitats found here.

For more information about this event, please click here.

Directions: There is not yet a parking lot installed at The Ridge property. Please meet us at the linked access point on Five Mile Rd. A link to our meeting location can be found here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Asg3Kbxuaqm1ArDB7

Registration is appreciated but is not required. Cancellations due to weather or any other reason will be communicated with registered participants via email.

Thank you for your interest in joining us! If you have any questions, please contact Erica DesJardins at edesjardins@gtrlc.org or 231-929-7911 (ext. 316).

Round up the family and head out to Coy Mountain, located at 9011 Valley St. in Alden, to enjoy a romp in the woods and reading a good book along the way. A new story will be placed each month and covers about a 1/2-mile portion of the trail.

Open daily from dawn to dusk. The storybook for the month of September is “How Chipmunk Got His Stripes” by Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac. Sponsored by Alden District Library.

Join us for a fun filled day of exploring herb-tastic activities, classes, and local vendors. Share in an allergen friendly, herbified lunch. Offerings include an Herb and Yoga Walk, Herbs for Pain and Inflammation Class, Make Own Herbal Remedies Station, and so much more!

Amy Lipson, LTC Conservation Specialist, and her husband Joe Lipson, owner of Mycotorphy LLC (a local business offering guided mushrooming adventures) will co-lead a foraging adventure to look for interesting fungi, and maybe even find some choice edibles! This mushroom hike will be primarily an on-trail guided walk. If there are not many mushrooms out due to dry weather, we will shift to a standard nature hike.

Hopefully we will have good mushroom weather and be able to find lots of honey-mushrooms! ADDRESS: 10251 Brutus Road, Brutus

For information about this and other events, please visit our website.