The Michigan Conservation Stewards Program is an educational program for adult learners offered by Michigan State University Extension. The program is geared toward those who are enthusiastic about learning science-based ecosystem management principles and getting involved in on-the-ground stewardship. Through the Conservation Stewards Program, participants learn essential strategies to understand and help restore and conserve ecosystems in Michigan.

The program includes:

- Virtual, self-paced lessons;
- Weekly in-person evening sessions at various locations within Marquette County;
- Two Saturday in-person field trips at Beaver Basin Wilderness on September 16th and the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve on September 26;
- A capstone (Applied) project related to restoring and conserving Michigan’s ecosystem, with guidance provided by a local mentor.

For more information visit https://www.canr.msu.edu/csp