As an organization, we talk frequently about our mission to protect and restore Central Michigan’s land, water, and wildlife resources to improve the quality of life for all. It is well and good that we talk about this mission, it keeps us grounded to our task, but there is another statement that is of equal […]

We know our preserves provide valuable wildlife habitat, but we don’t always know what wildlife is using the habitat. As much as we wish, we can’t be out on our preserves 24/7. Even if we could do that, many of the animals are secretive and we might never encounter them. So how do we discover […]

Last year the CWC decided to host a new kind of event – a “friendraiser”. Please notice that it says friendraiser not fundraiser. We make new friends all the time through our website and our social media pages. We make new friends on hikes and at other events, but we’d never hosted an event just […]