The mission of the Mason-Lake Conservation District is to provide leadership, technical assistance and education to aid individuals, groups, and units of government in conserving, improving and sustaining our natural resources and environment.
Celebrating over 80 years of being Mason and Western Lake Counties' best resource for groundwater and agricultural stewardship,
forest management, wildlife habitat promotion and soil preservation.
HWA Survey Season Starting!
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) treatment season has wrapped up and detection survey season is beginning again. We provide free surveys of hemlock trees on your property from November 1 - April 30! This is a great time to begin to keep an eye out for the white, cotton-ball-like HWA ovisacs on your hemlock trees.
Support our Match Campaign!
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, this person will match up to $5,000 total for our campaign. The funds stay directly in the community and fund conservation projects to enrich the wellbeing of our area.
When: Now through November 29th by check or online donation.
HHW Continues to Be Successful
The HHW collection has continued to be successful since the initial year of the program in 2007. A total of 79,700 pounds of waste was collected by the tri-county group in 2022.
On August 20th, the cars lined up along Bean Street and US-10 in Scottville to await their chance to dispose of hazardous