An Environmental History of the Macatawa Watershed

Name: An Environmental History of the Macatawa Watershed
Start: 2025-02-20T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-20T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 31 W. 10th Street, Holland, MI, United States, Michigan 49423

Schedule

Thu Feb 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

31 W. 10th Street, Holland, MI, United States, Michigan 49423 | Holland, MI

Under the shadow of the windmill at the geographic center of our community, the Macatawa River works its way through its marsh and flows into Lake Macatawa. The surrounding area comprises the Macatawa Watershed, which has profoundly impacted the settlement of the Holland/Zeeland area and how our community functions today.
Join Dan Callam and Kelly Goward from the ODC Network as they share an overview of how the area was formed following the end of the Ice Age, how humans have interacted with and impacted the watershed, why our community lake hasn't always had the best reputation, and the story of how efforts are being made to fix it.