Aldo Leopold Festival

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 5:30am

Various Venues in Hessel ,MI

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:

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

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