Join us for a weekend of fun, learning, and inspiration at the Aldo Leopold Festival. A $25.00 Festival Pass ($10 Festival
Pass for children 16 and under) is your ticket to attend the festival and have access to over 50 different programs. All presentations, tours, and workshops have a small additional charge per event, unless otherwise noted. Your support through the Festival Pass and event fees helps us cover the costs associated with putting on this amazing event.

Schedule of events:

May 28,2025

Morning

8:00am - A Day in da Woods

8:00am - Hiking the North Country Trail

9:00am - Drummond Island’s Limestone Communities and other Unique Areas

9:00am - Calling All Rock Hounds

9:30am - Experimental Whitefish Hatchery and Maple Hardwoods Plant Tours

11:00am - Nature Photography 3 Ways:Digiscopes, DSLR’s and Mirrorless Cameras. Pros and Cons of Each

May 29,2025

Morning

5:30am - Birding By Ear

7:00am - Birding the Woollam Preserve

8:00am - Lovable Lichens and Mosses

8:30am - Carnivorous Plants

8:30am - Orchids and Wildflowers

9:00am - Emergent and Submergent

Wetland Plants of Loon Lake

9:00am - Hiking the Derby Preserve

9:30am - Carmeuse Quarry Tour

10:00am - Ticks - What to do?

Afternoon

12:00pm - Sunlight and Stewardship: Print,Learn and Protect Our Wild Spaces

2:00pm - Hiking the Mertaugh Preserve

2:00pm - Cormorant vs. Fish

2:00pm - Nature Journaling

Evening

6:30pm - Bird Rarities of the

Eastern Upper Peninsula

7:00pm - MOVIE: All Too Clear and panel discussion

May 30,2025

Morning

5:30am - Birding By Ear

7:00am - Flora of Northern Fens and Adjacent Conifer Swamp

7:00am - Wetland Birds of Munuscong Bay

7:45 AM - Exploring in Aldo Leopold’s Paddlestokes

8:00am - Orchids and Wildflowers

8:00am - Piping Plover Research

9:00am - Freshwater Ecology

9:30am - Dwarf Lake Iris at Beavertail Point

Afternoon

1:30pm - Ferns of the Niagara Escarpment and Beyond

2:00pm - The Sound of Nature: Sound Meditation and Bird Feeding

2:00pm - Vampires of the Great Lakes

2:00pm - Exploring the Gerstacker Preserve

2:00pm - Readings From Sand County Almanac

2:00pm - Opportunities and Challenges of Recycling in the Eastern Upper Peninsula

3:00pm - Michigan Bird City

3:30pm - Better Internet Service to Les Cheneaux

Evening

6:30pm - Bird Rarities of the Eastern Upper Peninsula

7:00pm - The Story Behind the Aldo Leopold Preserve

May 31,2025

Morning

5:30am - Birding By Ear

7:00am - Wetland Birds of Munuscong Bay

7:00am - Ferns of the Niagara Escarpment and Beyond

8:00am - Orchids and Wildflowers

9:00am - Vernal Pools

9:00am - Precious Pollinators

9:00am - Nature Journaling

9:30am - Hiking the Peek-a-Boo Trail

Afternoon

1:00pm - Drummond Island Maxton Plains Alvar Tour

1:30pm - Flora of Northern Fens and Adjacent Conifer Swamp

2:00pm - Precious Pollinators

2:00pm - Aldo, the Naturalist Map and You

2:00pm - Lovable Lichens and Mosses

2:00pm - The Wonders of Bird Songs

Evening

6:00pm - Picnic Dinner and Presentations

June 1,2025

Morning

7:00am - Birding the Woollam Preserve

7:00am - Wetland Birds of Munuscong Bay

8:00am - Carnivorous Plants

8:00am - Secretive March Birds

8:00am - Birding Les Cheneaux Hotspots by Car

Date : may 28-June 1,2025

Location :Various Venues in Hessel ,MI

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