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Wish List

From time to time, Au Sable needs various items or volunteer help.  Below is a list of items and volunteer opportunities for which Au Sable has a need.  Please contact Dieter Bouma (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)), if you can help.  Thanks!

Web Designer/Programmer (Volunteer)

We are in need of a volunteer to answer questions and handle minor requests for assistance with our new website; Experience with Expression Engine a bonus

New! Crayons, Colored pencils, Markers, and Handerchiefs

 

Recently Published Field Guides (5 each)

  • Lone Pine Publishing: Trees of Michigan; Mammals of Ontario; Birds of Michigan; Bugs of Ontario; Animal Tracks of the Great Lakes; Mushrooms of North East North America
  • University of Michigan Press: Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of the Great Lakes Region (Barnes and Wagner, Jr.)

Reference and Instructor Background Books (2 each)

  • Stackpole Books: Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species (Rezendes)
  • Collins Reference: Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign (Rezendes)

Environmental Education Literature (5 each)

  • Algonquin Books: Last Child in the Woods (Louv)
  • The Orion Society: Place-Based Education (Sobel)

Replica Mammal Skulls, Scat, and Tracks

Black bear, wolf, beaver, porcupine, deer, mountain lion, red squirrel, mink, wolverine, red fox, little brown bat)

Binoculars

High-quality binoculars (no small, plastic binoculars please)

Hand Lenses 10x (30-40 pairs)

 

iPods (old or used)

 

 

 Hats and Gloves (primarily size Small and Medium)

 

Sturdy Rain Ponchos

  • Poncho should be thicker than a plastic trash bag

Aquatic Invertebrate Collection Seines (hand held, 40 of them)

 

Kick Nets (3)