2024 Annual Celebration
The annual MFA/Michigan Tree Farm celebration will take place in beautiful Petoskey!
When: Friday-Saturday, September 13-14
Hosts/venues: North Central Michigan College and Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
Registration is OPEN
(Please register by Friday, August 30 to guarantee meal reservations. Later reservations will be accepted, but may not be able to accommodate dining options)
Would you rather mail in a registration? Download the registration flyer here.
General schedule of events
Friday, September 13
10:00am-5:00pm Check-in open
9:00-11:30am Board of Directors quarterly meeting
Noon-1:30 Lunch and annual business meeting
1:30-2:30pm Learning circles, round 1
- Tribal forestry (tentative)
- Little Traverse Conservancy happenings by Derek Shields, Little Traverse Conservancy
- Local invasive control in Emmet County by Jackie Pilette, Emmet Co CD
- Why weather monitoring? by Steve Marquie, ClimaTEQ LLC
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-3:45pm Learning circles, round 2
- Tree selection in a changing climate by Maddy Baroli, Northern Inst. of Applied Climate Science
- Old Growth Network happenings by Leona Addie, Old Growth Forest Network
- Forest to MI Faucet update by Amanda Curton, MSU Dept of Forestry
- Forest Carbon and Climate Program by Daphna Gadoth-Goodman, MSU Forest Carbon and Climate Program
3:45-5:00pm Happy hour
6:00-8:00pm Banquet, awards, silent auction
Saturday, September 14
9:00am-noon Demonstrations and tours
- A tale of two forests: Sims-Moffat Reserve and MFA’s property on Valley Road
- Weather monitoring along the North Country Trail (NC Michigan College)
- Tribal land (TBD)
- Freshwater Future (Petoskey)
Become a Celebration Sponsor!
Want to elevate your visibility to MFA and Tree Farm’s annual celebration participants? Sponsoring the event will get your name and/or logo on all program materials. Levels include:
- Seedling status: $50
- Sapling status: $100
- Sawtimber status: $250 (registration included)
- Veneer status: $500 (registration included)
Click on the button below to donate today!