Rewildings

10/12/2025

Join our Big Plant! White Pine Giveaway next week 🌲

Residents of the Alpena region are invited to participate in a unique and meaningful initiative: The Big Plant! White Pine Seedling Giveaway. We, the Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, have financed and coordinated the giveaway of 13,000 white pine trees to the Alpena region. This effort is in celebration of our natural heritage, a hands-on step toward a greener future, and to honor the land with new growth in the wake of the ice storm.

Known as the "Tree of Peace" by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) is more than just a tree - it is a living symbol of unity, strength, and renewal. Once the backbone of Michigan's old-growth forests, White Pines were vital to the Alpena Region's history and economy. They are still of environmental and economic value today for a multitude of reasons and since the ice storm, the forests could use a little help.

Free White Pine seedlings will be available on a first-come, first-served basis during this special two-day event held Oct. 17 & 18, hosted by the Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau with the Alpena-Montmorency Soil Conservation District. Whether you're a seasoned arborist or just planting your first tree, this is your chance to help support a native species and leave a legacy for future generations.

The giveaway dates, times, and drive-thru location are as follows:
📆 Friday, October 17th
📍Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 420 N. 2nd Ave.
🕙 11 am - 3 pm

📆 Saturday, October 18th
📍Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 420 N. 2nd Ave.
🕘 9 am - 1 pm

Together, let's root Alpena's future in strength, peace, and sustainability. Plant a tree. Grow a legacy. 🌲

10/11/2025

“Clouds of pesticides”

Be the change! Encourage your house, your neighbors, your blocks your towns, your counties, your state… no more pesticide!

We are the only species that poisons our food and homes so that we don’t have to share it, and then we “enjoy” the poisoned “fruit.”

10/11/2025

Take a moment and watch this amazing journey that a queen bee undergoes. And just another reason not to spray and poison our earth.

10/10/2025

If you're mad about wildlife getting your chickens, be mad at yourself, not wildlife and not us.

It's your responsibility, and no one else's, to protect your animals. Predator proofing your chicken coops is a core part of responsible animal ownership. Failure to do so will result in negative wildlife conflicts. Not because wildlife are "bad" or "evil" but because you are inviting them to a buffet.

If you love your chickens, protect them by proactively predator proofing their coops. It's that simple.

10/10/2025

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Photo taken at Bat World's wild sanctuary, which included a nursery colony. Each of these Mexican free-tail pups has a lifespan of 15 to 20 years and will eat over 20-million insects in their lifetime. Their favorite prey is the corn-borer moth. Without free-tailed bats, we'd be paying $9 for an ear of corn. 🦇🌽💚

10/10/2025

Leave the weaving to the experts!!

psst...pass it along 😁🕷🕸

10/10/2025

Most people see a spider on their porch and grab a shoe. But that “intruder” has been your silent protector, catching the mosquitoes and flies you dislike. This autumn, before you sweep it away, take a moment to appreciate that web—it’s not just a trap; it’s a shield. 🕸️🕷️

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

May this be the first of many efforts to stop the sell of these backwards traps! Glue traps should be 100% illegal! These cruel devices ensure the animals endures a torturous death, at best slowly suffocating or dying of dehydration, or at worst and often tearing themselves apart in panic trying to escape.

Brutal but the reality we all NEED to KNOW.

Encourage stores to stop the sale, encourage reps to ban the manufacturing, and encourage everyone you know to never spend another penny on one them.

Lowe’s Raises the Bar - Glue Traps No Longer Sold Online! https://www.peta.org/news/lowes-glue-trap-website-sales/

Humane Rodent Control https://www.peta.org/living/humane-home/humane-rodent-control/