March 5, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor If you love your Metroparks and other local green spaces, and want to get involved in protecting them, one great way to do that is to volunteer during scheduled workdays. These…

February 26, 2025 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor A stroll through southeast Michigan’s woods and fields provides beautiful views and a great break from the stress of work and the daily routine. These wintry days are a perfect backdrop…

February 19, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor When asked about her inspiration, Halima Afi Cassells shares that the “throughline or thread of my work for as long as I can remember is “how to create a thriving, happy…

January 31, 2025 By: Stephanie Kozak, Community Outreach Interpreter   Can Rain Gardens Be the Superhero Your Neighborhood Needs?   To answer this, we need to start at the root of the problem: climate change.   Climate change is caused, in part, by…

January 8, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Michigan’s many miles of shorelines may look simple as we walk along them, lounge on their sandy surfaces, fish from the reeds, and rest our boats upon them; but they’re actually…

December 11, 2024 By: Ali Groulx, Park Interpreter The most wonderful time of the year has arrived! There is nothing like waking up and gazing out the window to discover a glassy, glittery layer of snow. Perhaps you excitedly check…

December 4, 2024 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Late autumn’s charms are perhaps subtler than other seasons. Walking in the woods and seeing all the nests (birds, squirrels, and wasps!) visible on the skeletal trees. Hearing owls calling in…

November 27, 2024 Guest Written By: Ian Ableson, Six Rivers Land Conservancy Conservation and Stewardship Director When you think about the five-county region that surrounds Detroit, what comes to mind first? Maybe the variety of cultural amenities and restaurants. Perhaps…