January 15, 2025 By: Maddie Lukens, Park Interpreter Pollinators, what would we do without them? From bees and wasps to butterflies and moths, and even flies and bats, we rely on pollinators to get the job done. What job may…

December 25, 2024 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor What are you looking forward to in the new year? If you are hoping to deepen your engagement with and understanding of southeastern Michigan’s myriad wild places and wildlife, consider the…

November 20, 2024 By Ali Groulx, Park Interpreter Environmental engineers, economy boosters, nation builders – beavers and muskrats live in harmony, colonizing the streams and ponds of the Great Lakes. The beaver is the original, most efficient engineer of the…

November 13, 2024 By Julie McLaughlin, Natural Resources Coordinator Fall is the time of year when most plants begin to shut down for the winter. We see the trees change colors, the late wildflowers go to seed, and our first…

November 6, 2024 By: Ali Groulx, Park Interpreter Knock, knock, knock. I look up - woodchips are flying, left and right. My eye catches a red flash, then black, then white – what I recognize as a pileated woodpecker, repositioning…

October 23, 2024 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Bats may be the most misunderstood mammal around. They have a reputation based mostly on myth, not fact, and because we rarely interact with bats in our daily lives, it’s hard…

October 16, 2024 By: Alexis Olechowski, Park Interpreter Moths are often overlooked as pollinators, yet they play a crucial role in sustaining ecosystems, especially as nocturnal pollinators. While bees and butterflies are the stars of the day, moths take over…

September 4, 2024 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Students returning to school, the first leaves beginning to turn, and a lot of activity at your backyard birdfeeders…autumn is inching closer. The first of Michigan’s summer birds have already started…