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Events Single Title Monthly Meeting - Oak Savanna Restoration at Allegan State Game Area
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April 28, 2025
Our presenter, Don Poppe, is a Wildlife Biologist at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Southwestern Lower Peninsula Region. Don will update us on the management history and the DNR’s plans for Oak Savanna complexes. He will also cover the Legacy of Allegan State Game Area (SGA), including other current and future projects at the State Game Area.
Don manages Wildlife Populations and State Game Areas in Allegan, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren Counties. He has an MS in Conservation Biology from Central Michigan University and a BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Management from Lake Superior State University. He has been with the DNR Wildlife Division since 2014 and in his current position since November 2017. Prior to 2014, Don worked for the US Fish & Wildlife Service with Kirtland’s Warblers, and with banding waterfowl and shorebirds for several years at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.
We hope you'll join us on Monday, April 28, at People's Church, 1758 North 10th Street, Kalamazoo. Come at 7:00 PM for some refreshments and socializing. Snacks and beverages will be provided. The one-hour program will start at 7:30. Handicap parking and access are at either the front or the rear entrance.
We will have a simultaneous Zoom link to the meeting for those who can’t make it or feel uncomfortable attending in person. This link will be available shortly before the meeting in the May newsletter, which will be emailed to you, on this event page, and our Facebook page. We will also be recording the meeting for later viewing.
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