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 18, 2024 By: Jill Martin, Community Outreach Interpretive Services Supervisor In January 2024, the Metroparks shared news of our organization’s first formal Climate Action Plan, (CAP). This plan has five goals developed to address, and react to, the impacts…
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…
November 24, 2024 How do you capture landscape changes over time? What would we learn if we could keep a photographic record of those changes, and how would it influence our behaviors? Metroparks’ visitors and staff have an opportunity to…
October 9, 2024 By: Alexis Olechowski, Park Interpreter As the days grow shorter and temperatures drop, fall cleanup in your yard presents a unique opportunity—not just to tidy up, but to create a thriving ecosystem that supports wildlife through the…
October 2, 2024 By: Ali Groulx, Park Interpreter The sky is a lavender hue with yellow and orange ribbons parallel to the horizon, as the glow of the sun fades, taking light along with it. As the world turns, we…
September 11, 2024 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor The onset of fall means new rhythms and routines for many of us, even if we’re long past our own back-to-school days! September can even feel like a second new year,…
August 28, 2024 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Have you ever run into our natural resources crews while visiting our parks? They’re the folks that remove hazard trees, locate and treat non-indigenous plants, manage our prescribed burns, and all…
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