Meet Our Team

The Presque Isle Conservation District (PICD) is a local unit of government charged with the mission of conserving, restoring, and protecting local natural resources for the public good and for the long-term stewardship of the land. PICD’s Staff and Board of Directors are devoted to protecting natural areas and ensuring all members of the community have outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities and educational resources to assist them in land stewardship efforts.

PICD manages all lands under its administration and ownership (currently the Herman Vogler Conservation Area) for the highest ethical purpose of the “public commons” and for the benefit and conservation of natural resources. In early 2022, we were designated as the County Enforcement Agency for Presque Isle County's Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Program. Our Staff and Board considers the protection of water quality in our local streams and rivers to be of the highest importance.

Our Board is composed of five community members who all consider it their mission to ensure resident landowners have the technical assistance and resources they need for proper land stewardship, and to help educate others about the unique value of northeast Michigan’s land, waters and its undeveloped wildness. Currently composed of three local farmers and one retired forester, the Board is elected to oversee District operations and meets at 1:00pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month and at 6:00pm during the growing season. 

Do you love conservation?

All directors, including our 3 appointed directors
and 2 elected directors whose terms have recently expired
must run in our next election, scheduled to be held

3:00pm to 6:30pm on Friday, August 26th, 2022
at Lakeside Pavilion - 120 N Lake St., Rogers City, MI 49779 
 
Please contact us at presqueisle.cd@gmail.com 
or
989-734-4000
to request an absentee ballot or to learn more.
 

ANY RESIDENT OF PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY 18+ YEARS OF AGE & ABLE TO VERIFY WITH VALID ID MAY VOTE IN THE NEXT CONSERVATION DISTRICT ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 26, 2022. 

Presque Isle Conservation District Board Meeting Schedule

Location:
Presque Isle Conservation District
658 S. Bradley Highway
Rogers City MI, 49779
​In the Airport Building

AMonthly Meeting Schedule
 
The Presque Isle Conservation District regularly meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00pm and at 6:00pm during the growing season unless a different date and time are noted with *. The meeting dates for 2022-2023 are:

October 19                  7:00*                                                 
November 16              1:00
December 21              1:00
January 18                  1:00
February 15                1:00
March 15                     1:00 
April 19                        1:00
May 17                         6:00
June 21                        6:00
July 19                         6:00
August 16                    6:00
August 26                    3:00* - Annual Meeting & Election
September 20             6:00
 
 
The meetings will be held under the provisions of the Open Meetings Act (Act 267, P.A. 1976) at the Presque Isle Conservation District’s office located at 658 South Bradley Highway, Rogers City, Michigan 49779. Phone (989) 734-4000.

The Annual Meeting & Election will be held from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm at the Pavilion on Lake Street in Rogers City. Absentee ballots are available for pickup or mailing upon request. 

Eligible voters include any resident of Presque Isle County age 18+ who can prove legal residency with a valid state ID. 
Due to COVID-19, we did not hold elections and therefore all of our directors are up for re-election, due either to their status as appointed or the fact their terms have expired. 

​Our Directors:
Ralph Viegelahn, Chairman
​Frank Sapio, Treasurer
​Leann Hopp
Gary Wregglesworth
​Lawrence Anderson

Meeting Minutes are available upon request.