Conservation News

This year we are happy to celebrate Megan DeLeeuw with the Distinguished Service award! We are so grateful for her leadership as WCCD's Executive Director from 2018-2024.

Congratulations Maren on being awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award for 2024 and thank you to all our volunteers!

Our beloved Washtenaw County Conservation District's Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator, Dru Mark-Wilson, is leaving the WCCD in early January. She will be starting her student-teaching 3rd grade in January to fulfill her final step in her Education degree.

Join us in congratulating Terry & Shelia Calhoun on being selected as the 2024 WCCD Tree Conservationists of the Year!

Join us in congratulating Kim Bayer for being selected as the 2024 Small and/or Beginning Farmer of the Year!

Join us in congratulating the Henes Family for being selected as the 2024 Conservation Farmers of the Year!

Thanks to all of the applicants for the 2024 School and Community Habitat Grant. We had 16 tremendous applications submitted for this year’s program. The evaluation committee selected 6 projects from the following organizations: The Farm at Trinity, Risdon Park in Saline, Mill Creek Middle School, Lyndon Township Hall, Ann Arbor STEAM Northside, EMU Children’s Institute.

In 2024, the WCCD collaborated with researchers from U-M Graham Sustainability Institute's Center for Empowering Communities to present on utility-scale rural solar energy systems in three townships. These presentations were inspired by questions from community members at land management and preservation presentations.

We've had the same website for nearly 10 years! It was becoming a bit unwieldy and unorganized as our organization grew and outgrew the website. We're pleased to have completed and launched a new and improved website to best serve our residents and region!