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)



