Wetlands for Landowners: Exploring Michigan’s Wetlands Workshop

We’ll head out to the field to examine a range of wetland types up close, to help you recognize wetlands that might occur on your land. We’ll look at some distinctive wetland plants, and consider wetland characteristics that make for good herp habitat. Be sure to wear long pants and close-toed shoes—be prepared for mud and poison ivy!—and bring a hand lens or loupe if you have one.

This workshop is free and open to the general public, but space is limited.

Presenter Bio: Jacqueline Courteau, Ph.D., is an ecologist who has worked for Michigan Natural Features Inventory and was a lead developer of the Huron River Watershed Council’s Rapid Ecological Assessment for their Bioreserve Project. Prior to coming to Michigan, she worked for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment on a study of how climate change will affect natural areas, including wetlands. She enjoys teaching people about their land, and getting people out to the field to forests, fields, and wetlands.