Adventures

Earth Week Plus Adventures Schedule

Mark your calendars with your favorite adventures. What a great way to get outside and enjoy Northern Michigan while celebrating Earth Day all spring! The Earth Week Plus Adventures take place in Northern Michigan from Cheboygan to Mackinaw City, Indian River and more. Please note locations and contact information in the Adventures details below.


2024 Adventures Schedule


March – April

Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch
Mackinaw City – mackinacraptorwatch.org

Saturday, March 23, 10am – 4pm

Traditional Native American SyrupCANCELLED DUE TO WARM WEATHER
See the traditional way Native Americans made syrup at Keith Knecht’s Sugar Bush, 2152 Cassidy Road, Levering MI 49755.

Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 10am – 4pm

Tour a modern maple syrup production.
Bonz Beach Farm
20706 Bonz Beach Hwy., Onaway, 49765

Sunday, April 7, 2pm

Deep Rising
Matthieu Rytz’s documentary film about the bounty at the bottom of the sea examines the fight over whether to reap these riches or preserve them. Cheboygan Opera House, 403 N. Huron St., Cheboygan. Open seating, free admission.

Saturday, April 13, 10am & 11am

Tour of Hammond Bay Biological Station
Sea lamprey research facility. Each tour limited to 10 participants. Preregistration required. Contact Andrea Miehls, amiehls@glfc.org or 989-734-4768 x135

Sunday, May 6, 1:30 – 3pm

Emmet County Recycling Center Tour
Viewing the video showing parts of the sorting machinery (at emmetrecycling.org) will enhance the,tour. 7363 S. Pleasant View Rd., Harbor Springs.

Saturday, May 11, 11am

Guided Sturgeon Viewing Tour at Upper Black River
Register (required) at www.sturgeonfortomorrow.org website.

Saturday, May 11, 2 – 4pm

Become a Citizen Scientist with Little Traverse Conservancy
Staff of the conservancy will teach how to use iNaturalist.org as a citizen science tool for collecting information about biodiversity. Then practice by exploring a new Little Traverse Conservancy preserve SE of Indian River.

Thursday, May 16, 9am

Tour the Sea Lamprey Traps at Cheboygan Dam
See how sea lamprey are captured at the dam for study by scientists. Park in the boat launch lot on the north side of Lincoln St; walk down the stairs on the north end of the lot. Limit 20 participants. Preregistration required. Contact Andrea Miehls, amiehls@glfc.org or 989-734-4768 x135.

Saturday, May 18, 10am

Tour the Cheboygan Waste Water Facility
Learn about the facility modernization. 973 N. Huron Street, Cheboygan

Sunday, May 19, 1pm

Tour Harvest Thyme Farm
A sustainable CSA farm producing vegetables, flowers and plants. 4848 Indian Trail, Cheboygan

Saturday, June 1, 10am

Tour a Local Homestead
Gardens, chickens, pasture pigs, cows, and 16 kilowatts of solar power. 11151 Townline Rd.

Tuesday, June 25, 6pm

Monarchs Matter
Lauri Juday, a local monarch enthusiast, will share how she protects monarchs and fosters their survival. Door prizes. Cheboygan Area Public Library, 100 S. Bailey, Cheboygan MI.

Saturday, June 29, 11am

Little Traverse Bay Band of the Odawa Fishery Tour
The tribe’s DNR manages a small scale fish hatchery, conducting research and rearing several different species including Sturgeon, Whitefish and Herring/Cisco. 5766 Drier Rd., Levering, MI 49755