2016 Challenge Final Results Total Pounds: 183,470 Number of People Involved: 5,095 Amount of Time Spent Pulling: 16,457 hours Heavyweight Division Huron Arbor Cluster: 29,776 lbs West Michigan Cluster: 28,467 lbs Middleweight Division Headwaters Cluster: 21,975 lbs Mid-Michigan Cluster: 18,962 lbs Southwest Corner Cluster: 4,691 lbs Lightweight Division Grand-Raisin Cluster: 7,867 lbs Western Lake Erie … Continue reading
The 2016 Garlic Mustard Challenge
The spring has already sprung in many places, bringing with it the next generation of garlic mustard. An early pull might not earn many pounds for the challenge, but will pay large dividends in June. Please join us on April 13 at stewardshipnetworkwebcast.org for the launch of the 2016 Challenge. We will be hearing a … Continue reading
The Results Are In!
Congratulations on another stellar year, everybody! It was a long spring with a big goal out there ahead of us, and you all threw yourselves into it with impressive dedication. Thank you for all of your hard work; for every time you put off heading in and said, “just a few more plants”; and for … Continue reading
Upsets for Cluster Cups in Final Hours!
Today is the last day of the 2015 Garlic Mustard Challenge! Reports have been pouring in since our announcement earlier this week that our online form was back up and operational. Since our post on Tuesday, we’ve jumped over 40,000 pounds in our collective total, raising our pounds pulled to: 148,559.9 pounds! We’ve also had … Continue reading
Reporting Form Available Again for Final Days of 2015 Challenge!
It’s the final countdown! We’re in the final days of the Garlic Mustard Challenge, and our online reporting form is back up and running! If you’ve been holding off on making reports, now’s the time to jump in and make sure your pounds get counted. To light a fire under you (and to make up … Continue reading
Week 9 Updates: Reporting Form Blackout!
Anybody who’s tried to report their garlic mustard pounds in the last several days will have noticed that the reporting form is down. Well, it’s not just the reporting form. It’s actually everything at stewardshipnetwork.org. Unfortunately, all of our webpages, reporting forms, and online event registration forms are currently out of service. We’re sorry for … Continue reading
Week 8 Updates: Stop reading this and get outside!
It’s June, for goodness sake! Get away from your computer, turn off your phone, and go for a walk in the woods. We’re going to keep the update brief this week and just give you the highlights… Big shout out to Leslie K. and Paul V. for reporting their Garlic Mustard Free sites! That brings … Continue reading
Week 7: Updates and a blast from the past!
Please join me for a brief flash back… *cue harp music and blurry zoom in*. It’s April – finally spring! The snow is starting to melt, or maybe you’re already seeing bare ground. Not much life in the leaf litter yet, but you can spot some teeny tiny garlic mustard rosettes. Soon, you’ll be out … Continue reading
Stewardship: good and good for you!
We’re just about a month away from the longest day of the year. While the calendar says summer is still a few weeks away, the woods don’t seem to know or care. The greenery is out full force here in southeast Michigan, and with it comes a host of challenges when it comes to working … Continue reading
Week 6: Make every minute count, make every pound counted
This is the time of year that I typically start having nightmares about garlic mustard. Well, in all honestly, it usually starts up in March, and the dream always follows that garlic mustard has gone to seed before the Challenge has even started. But right about now, after several spring rains and bouts of warm … Continue reading
