We always have something going on at Saginaw Bay CISMA, whether its garlic mustard and frog-bit pulls, AIS landing blitzes, school and nature center programs, or simply setting up an informational booth at a festival! Join us for some fun and learning at these upcoming events.
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Saginaw Bay CISMA is available upon request for educational programs at schools, townships, county organizations, homeowners associations and more! Past topics have included:
  • Intro to Invasive Species and SB-CISMA
  • Decontamination
  • Spongy moth
  • Invasive Species Identification
You can request for us to visit your group or event by filing out a request form at: ​https://form.jotform.com/212004155758148

Upcoming Events

February 25: We will be giving a talk at Arenac Conservation District's Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop to talk about invasive species. For more information, check out their flyer: Arenac CD Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop Flyer
March 15: We will be joining the Tuscola Conservation District for their Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop to talk about invasive species. For more information, check out their flyer: Tuscola CD Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop Flyer

Partner Meetings

Saginaw Bay CISMA holds quarterly partner meetings on the 4th Wednesday of January, April, July, and October. These meetings are open to anyone. During these meetings we and our partners will share updates on our invasive species projects, talk about invasive species issues, and announce upcoming events and projects.

The meetings will also include a talk about relevant topics, lunch, and a field trip (weather depending). An individual event announcement will be shared with specific location for each meeting.

AIS Boat Wash/ Landing Blitz

DNR Au Gres River Boat Launch
June 10, 2023
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Caseville Municipal Harbor
June 17, 2023
​10:00 am - 1:00 pm

For more information on these events, visit our Facebook Events page.
Now accepting suggestions for landing blitz sites! Locations should be a harbor, marina, or boat launch that sees high use and where there is significant concern of invasive species being moved from one body of water to another. 

Look for us in summer 2023 as we visit harbors and boat launches throughout the Saginaw Bay to promote Clean Boats, Clean Waters. We will be working with the MSU Extension Mobile Boat Wash and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to provide complimentary invasive species inspections and boat washes to any boater at the launch.

​Since 2006 the Clean Boats, Clean Waters program has been educating Michigan boaters about aquatic invasive species with trained volunteer boat inspectors. Funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has enabled Clean Boats, Clean Waters to grow into a comprehensive aquatic invasive species boater outreach program. The program’s mission remains the same:  to prevent new aquatic invasive species introductions and limit their dispersal from water recreation activities through outreach and engagement. The reinvented Clean Boats, Clean Waters program promotes understanding of boat cleaning practices and regulations through the distribution of educational materials, an online resource library, boat washing demonstrations, grants and partnerships.
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This project is made possible by the Michigan Invasive Species Grant program, and the Clean Boats, Clean Waters program through Michigan State University Extension. Learn more at www.canr.msu.edu/clean_boats_clean_waters.

​Past events

CISMA Winter Partner Meeting

January 18, 2023
We gathered to discuss invasive species management efforts throughout the area as well as upcoming activities and invasive species updates. 

We also heard from guest speakers about converting biomass from plants into biochar, a material that has many different applications. We also took a trip to see the pyrolysis unit used to create biochar!