Genesee Conservation District

05/17/2026

🌊📚 Michigan teachers—this opportunity is for you!

EGLE Classroom is launching the Great Lakes Green Schools Fellowship for the 2026–2027 school year, supporting 30 K–12 educators to bring Great Lakes science, sustainability, and student-led action into their classrooms.

This year-long fellowship offers professional learning, connections with Great Lakes scientists, and support for hands-on environmental stewardship projects in your school.

📅 Applications open May 1 and close May 30.

Learn more and sign up for updates: https://go.mi.gov/8ib0d2445

05/12/2026

It starts with the soil! 💚

Leaving residue is great for your soil, partially due to these little guys! 🐞

Crop residue provides food and shelter for above-ground insects. They eat the residue and help to break it down throughout the winter, creating organic matter for the soil. Residue management is an important part of a soil health system. Leaving crop residue, strip tilling, reduced tillage, and cover crops are all components to residue management that can increase soil organic matter and overall soil health and structure.

05/02/2026

Much agreed. A Michigan-grown honeycrisp!

04/10/2026

Found a tick? Report it to us!

Genesee County Environmental Health has created a form for residents to report finding ticks in Genesee County.

Reporting ticks and their location will help the environmental health team to investigate the area and collect ticks for disease testing.

Genesee County has partnered with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to monitor ticks and mosquitoes from April to September for vector-borne diseases such as Lyme disease and West Nile Virus.

Use the link in the comments to report ticks to our environmental health team.

04/06/2026

Enter for a chance to win $50 in living prizes from your local Conservation District. Scan the QR code or use this link to enter: https://buff.ly/qlWilT0 Michigan Association of Conservation Districts

04/01/2026

Not trying to fool you, but we hope you can join us later this month for our first Earth Day Event! Come enjoy some food and fun, and learn about what we do as a Conservation District. This is NOT an April Fools post…Just making sure we’re on the same page.

03/30/2026

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/d4krj8wu

03/26/2026

03/19/2026

Meet Becky Plummer, the Conservation Technician serving the MAEAP and Regenerative Agriculture Program at the Genesee Conservation District.​

Area of Service: Genesee and Oakland counties​

Fun Fact: She interned as a student sanitarian with a local health department, where she inspected public pools and sampled beach water for E. coli. ​

Contact: [email protected]

02/12/2026

Looking to improve your land and get paid for it? The USDA CRP signup is open now! USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for Continuous CRP starting Feb. 12, 2026, through March 20, 2026. Enrollment for General CRP will run from March 9, 2026, through April 17, 2026. Give the District a call to discuss if CRP could benefit your farm operation.

More information is available on the USDA website: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/conservation-reserve-program