Otsego Conservation District “Your gateway to natural resource management”

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Michigan Conservation Districts are the local providers of natural resource management services that help our citizens conserve their lands and our environment for a cleaner, healthier, economically stronger Michigan.

What’s Going on Right Now

2012 Spring Tree Sale Spring tree sale orders are due on Friday, March 30th. Click here for the tree sale brochure. The 2012 spring tree sale will be on Friday, April 27th and Saturday, April 28th.

2012 Native Plant Sale Our Native Plant Nursery will be opening for the season on June 2, 2012.  You can take a look at our initial list of plant offerings by clicking HERE. This brochure is best viewed by printing on both sides of the paper, folding in half, and arranging according to indicated page numbers.  We also have these lists available at our office.

• Children's Recycling Coloring Contest

The Otsego Conservation District is proud to announce the 2011 recycling coloring contest winners. Thank you to everyone who submitted a coloring page, we received many beautiful entries.

Winning Entries

4 &5 year olds                   6 &7 year olds                    8 & 9 year olds

Colored by Serena             Colored by Aden                  Colored by Riley

Special thanks go to Call of the Wild, Alpine Chocolate Haus, Little Caesars and Saturn Booksellers for donating prizes for this contest.

• Recycling Education for Otsego County

The Otsego Conservation District provides recycling education to the residents of Otsego County.

Click on the logo to the left to find out more about recycling in and near our county. Learn how to reduce your waste, save money, and improve your gardens and lawn by composting in your own backyard. Check out the Home Compost Demonstration Site in Gaylord, MI to learn how. For more information click here. Recycling education is supported in part by the Otsego Wildlife Legacy Society (OWLS), the County of Otsego and the Otsego County Community Foundation.

• Food Plot and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Cost-Share

For the eleventh straight year in a row the Otsego Wildlife Legacy Society (OWLS) has approved to fund the Otsego Conservation District’s Food Plot and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Program (WHEP). These funds allow the OCD to cover 65% of the cost for landowners to evaluate, plan for and manage habitat enhancements on their property.

• Friends of the Garden

The Otsego Conservation District is seeking individuals interested in taking an active role in planning the future of the demonstration garden as part of the new Friends of the Garden group. The OCD is celebrating the 14th year since development began on the demonstration garden. In that time the site has transformed into three acres of beautiful butterfly, hummingbird, friendship, children’s, herb, rose, daylily and native plant gardens. The adjacent 16-acre woodlot has been managed as an educational tool and now boasts an extensive wildflower lined trail system where visitors can bike, walk and bird-watch. For more information, please call Patricia Osburn at (989) 732-4021 or click here to download a brochure.

Click here to learn more about the demonstration garden and to view a slideshow

Would you like to make a difference? We’re always looking for volunteers to help us plant at the greenhouse, maintain the community garden, help at tree sales, get mailings ready and so on. Please call us at 989-732-4021 to sign up! Help us improve our community!