Becoming an Outdoors Woman Michigan

10/14/2026

Who wants to waterfowl!? Oct. 23 in Muskegon! If you miss the registration deadline email me and I’ll hook you up😉 [email protected]
text 517-290-0687

Hone in your bird identification skills by focusing on how to identify Michigan’s native waterfowl. Take a deep look into the diving and dabbling ducks and learn the key features to easily ID them. Whether you are a hunter or bird enthusiast, learn how these waterfowl impact our lives and what we ...

10/13/2026

Once in a lifetime job opportunity!

Help recruit Michiganders for shooting sports 🙌

Side bonus-you get to work with me/BOW sometimes.

💕Nat

Oct 09 - Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports/Michigan Department of Natural Resources hiring Shooting Sports Recruitment Coordinator – Michigan in Lansing, Michigan area, with a hybrid working environment, Michigan on Conservation Job Board. Discover the latest conservation jobs and...

10/12/2026

Saturday a group of adventurers went on a backpacking and cooking adventure in Chelsea at Waterloo Rec Area for a Beyond BOW. Want to try something new outside? Let me know. We try to break down barriers for you 🎒

10/03/2026

10/10/26 at Waterloo Rec Area in Chelsea, Beyond BOW backpacking has a few spots. It closes Wednesday unless it sells out!
If you can’t get a spot when you try, send me an email ([email protected]) so I can wait list you. Great location and instructors. 🎒 🌲

Learn about the gear and learn the skills needed to successfully complete your first overnight backpacking adventure. This half-day workshop will introduce the basics of backpacking. Open to any woman 18 or older, it is intended for women with little or no previous backpacking experience. Participan...

09/30/2026

Beyond BOW in the UP, eh? Registration is open-and the instructors are awesome 🦌

10-10-2026

Learn new skills to add to your hunting knowledge, and increase your proficiency to harvest a deer. This class, which aims to give new hunters more confidence, will cover scouting, tracking, camouflage, calling and baiting and will include shooting practice on the pellet gun range.

09/21/2026

A glimpse into our pilot BOW at the Pigeon River Country👀 More to come.

If we can figure out some logistics, then I hope this will be perfected for all returning BOW participants as a reward, a once in a lifetime experience.

HUGE thanks to our volunteer instructors💕

09/15/2026

I feel like this will make everyone smile. Name that bird!

09/07/2026

Talk about Labor Day🙌💕

09/03/2026

Deer overbrowsing is stripping habitat value from Washtenaw County's parks and conservation lands, undoing years of stewardship work. In response, Washtenaw County Parks partnered with the DNR's Becoming an Outdoors Woman program to build a mentoring pipeline that turns interested women, at any experience level, into confident hunters. The program combines training, community building, and a full season of guided hunts, with harvest numbers significant enough to give overbrowsed habitats room to recover. Hear about the partnerships, planning, and logistics behind the program, and what it takes to recruit new hunters in ways that strengthen both healthy natural areas and the state's recreation economy.

Leading the conversation:

Allison Krueger, Stewardship Planner, Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission. Over 15 years in ecological restoration, managing land stewardship across a 9,000+ acre portfolio.

Natalie Elkins, PreK–12 Education Specialist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Leads Becoming an Outdoors Woman Michigan program and is active across state and national conservation and education committees.

Summit sessions, schedule, and tickets here: michiganoutdoor.org