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Community Starlight
September 2023
NCLL Events September 19 and September 26 Finding Mother Trees About Dr. Suzanne Simard
Tree Compatibility by Todd Carter
By Mike OSullivan, September 17, 2023, Marquette, Michigan, USA
"Finding Mother Trees: Classroom Presentation" is an upcoming event about Dr. Suzanne Simard sponsored by Northern Center for Lifelong Learning (NCLL) and hosted by Peter White Public Library in Marquette. My husband, Todd Carter, and I are the presenters.
The classroom event will take place Tuesday, September 19, 10am to noon. Tickets for this event are sold out. NCLL is affiliated with Northern Michigan University (NMU).
"Finding Mother Trees: UPLC Hike to Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve (Easy)" will take place Tuesday, September 26, 10am to noon. Holli Langlieb from UP Land Conservancy (UPLC) will guide participants into the Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve to find the biggest, oldest trees, aka, the mother trees. Todd and I will be NCLL sweeps for this hike. Tickets for this event are sold out.
We hope you find our presentation entertaining and educational. Take good care.
--Mike and Todd
--Mike OSullivan is an educator, writer, web site designer, editor, publisher, and multi-credentialed healthcare coding consultant living in Marquette with her beloved husband, award-winning artist, educator, technical specialist--and too many more talents to name--Todd Carter. Todd contributed artwork and photos to the "Finding Mother Trees" presentation.
Update: UPLC Event photo
NCLL Finding Mother Trees hikers
September 26, 2023
guided by Holli Langlieb
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
(photo by Todd)
Land Acknowledgement
The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek – Three Fires Confederacy, of the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Bode’wadmi (Potawatomi). We recognize the historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of, dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky and water. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experience.
The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek – Three Fires Confederacy, of the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Bode’wadmi (Potawatomi). We recognize the historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of, dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky and water. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experience.
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