Events

There are many educational events planned as part of the White Lake Environmental History Project, including a speaker on the value of documenting local environmental history, an oral history presentation and workshop, an environmental history movie night, and conservation-themed family activities. These events will be scheduled throughout the project and most will be held at the library.

Upcoming Events

As new conservation-themed educational events are planned, we will list them here by date in chronological order until the event is past; at that point the event announcement will be moved to the "Past Events" section below. Come back often to this page. Better yet, use the Contact Form to sign up for our email list to stay informed—to sign up for the email list be sure to include "Email List" in the Question/Comment box!

Project Feedback

We would like to know how we are doing. If you have attended any of these events, we would like to hear from you.

Past Events

Although the events listed below have already occurred, you may still follow the links in the descriptions to read about them. Past events are listed in reverse chronological order.

Videos and Viewpoints
Clips from the WLEHP Interviews and a Panel Discussion

• May 23, 2012 from 6:30-8:00 PM
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Description: This meeting featured a showing of video clips from the oral history interviews and a panel discussion. The panelists and audience members discussed lessons learned from the environmental history project and interviews, and how it relates to the White Lake area community’s past, present and future.
• Panelists included
  • Norm Ullman, former Whitehall city mayor
  • Roger Scharmer, historian for the White Lake Area Historical Society
  • Jan Deur, Fruitland Township Trustee and a member of the White Lake Public Advisory Council
  • Claire Schlaff, who launched a local “cancer mapping” project and is a member of the White Lake Public Advisory Council
  • Dan Yakes, author and former Muskegon Community College professor
• View the video of this evening (the video is just under two hours)

Up Close and Wild
Outdoor Discovery Center of Holland, Michigan

• Date: May 9, 2013, from 6:30-7:30 PM
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Read More …
  

Restoring White Lake Educational Film Series

• Dates: April 25 & May 2, 2013 at 6:30 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM)
• Location: Howmet Playhouse
• Read More …

Rain Gardens
Patricia Pennell

• Date: March 7, 2013 at 6:30 pm
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Read More …

Valuing White Lake’s Environmental History
Dave Dempsey

• Date: February 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Read More …
• View the Video recorded of the event

Lumbering on the White River
Lakeshore Museum Center

• Date: January 24, 2013, from 6:30-7:30 PM
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Read More …

White Lake Critter Caper!
Exploring Animals that Live In, Above and Around the Water

• Date: November 8, 2012, from 6:30-7:30 PM
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Read More …
• View the Video recorded of the event

Public Rollout Event

• Date: September 24, 2012, from 4:00-6:00 PM
• Location: White Lake Community Library's Program Room
• Public rollout of the project
• View the Video of the festivities