If you’re interested in helping protect, preserve and promote Michigan’s natural and cultural resources, here are a few ways you can get involved with the DNR in December.

Nurturing nature

Several state parks in southern Michigan will host volunteer stewardship workdays.

Volunteers are needed to help restore natural areas by removing invasive plants that threaten high- quality ecosystems.

Workdays will take place:

∫ 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 9, at Bald Mountain Recreation Area (Oakland County).

∫ 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 9, at Warren Dunes State Park (Berrien County).

∫ 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at Island Lake Recreation Area (Livingston County).

∫ 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 10, at Muskegon State Park (Muskegon County).

∫ 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, at Yankee Springs Recreation Area (Barry County).

∫ 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 16, at Belle Isle Park (Wayne County).

∫ 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Fort Custer Recreation Area (Kalamazoo County).

∫ 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at Pinckney Recreation Area (Washtenaw County).