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 forest. With their drive to…

Register HERE Join the Marshlands Museum staff and embrace your creative side as we make an array of nature-based crafts. All crafts are yours to take home once completed, all materials will be provided.   12/8 - Holiday Decorations 12/15 - Wrapping Paper 12/22 -…

Register HERE It’s Kid’s Night at the Nature Center! This drop-off program is designed to be a special evening camp for kids! Campers will get to create a special keepsake craft, explore the nature center trails after dark, and have a bonfire with s’mores. Snacks…

Register HERE Make your own 16” evergreen wreath to take home and enjoy throughout the winter season during this class! Learn how to create and decorate a wreath using a variety of conifer branches and natural materials. All supplies will be provided to create and…

Register HERE Feeding the birds this winter is not only enjoyable, but it helps the birds out as well. Bring your binoculars and learn about the bird species that visit our feeders in the winter months, what foods they eat, and just how simple it…

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 frost has already occurred. Meanwhile,…

December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 - Register HERE Visit with Santa as he makes his annual trip to the Farm Center. Stroll through the farm and enjoy traditional holiday decorations and thousands of sparkling lights. Listen to Holiday music while you…

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 itself to chip away at…

October 30, 2024 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Fatmucket. Elktoe. Slippershoe. Pink heelsplitter. Three-horned wartyback. Pimpleback. Rayed bean. Do these names ring a bell? Probably not to most of us! They’re the common names of some of southeast Michigan’s freshwater mussels, those hard-shelled aquatic…

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 to know what’s true or…