The Department of Natural Resources will be holding two special volunteer stewardship workdays at Waterloo Recreation Area in May and early June to plant a demonstration prairie. Volunteers will plant native prairie grasses and wildflowers in a small prairie near the Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center.

"We will be planting many different species of grass and wildflowers, like big bluestem, broom sedge, bee balm and butterfly milkweed," said Laurel Malvitz, DNR natural resource steward. "We need a lot of volunteers to help."

Planting native species is a great way to GO-GET Outdoors and give back to state parks.

Special workdays are being held:

• Saturday, May 17 - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Sunday, June 1 - 1 to 4 p.m.

Volunteers should meet at the Discovery Center lower parking lot and bring appropriate clothing for outdoor work, including long pants, boots, gloves and drinking water. Participants are also encouraged to bring their friends and family and a shovel or two.

For more information or to obtain directions, visit the DNR Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnrvolunteers, and link to the "Calendar of Volunteer Stewardship Workdays." All volunteers are asked to register using the form available on the Web site. Any questions should be directed to Laurel Malvitz at 248-359-9057 or malvitzl@michigan.gov.