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WaterWise: Empowering Students Through Stormwater Education

May 15, 2024 By Stephanie Kozak, Park Interpreter At Hudson Mills Metropark, we are embarking on an exciting new initiative called WaterWise: Empowering Students Through Stormwater Education. This initiative arose from our desire to spotlight one of the park’s most...

Metroparks Enhances Trail Experiences With New Improvements

...own pace. The Trail Challenge will run from May 1 to October 31. Register by October 24 to earn incentives like a 2025 Metroparks annual pass. Learn more at https://www.metroparks.com/trailchallenge/. Stay up to date on all Metropark projects at https://www.metroparks.com/current-projects/....

Police

...All trail hazards can be reported to any park employee within the park or the local Park Office. Any life threatening hazard (down power line, sink hole on the trail etc.) should be reported through 911 or the appropriate Park...

Current Projects & Improvements

...Metropark In April 2021, trail work will start at River Grove intersection and end at Pineview parking lot. The trail will be closed during construction. This reconstruction project includes crushing the existing pavement and installing brand new pavement with some...

Get Out and Learn

...school must be able show data from the Center for Educational Performance and Information that they are at least 50% economically disadvantaged. More information at https://www.mischooldata.org/econdis-counts-data-files/ To be reimbursed for transportation expenses through the scholarship, awarded teachers will need to...

Bird of the Week: Ruby-crowned Kinglet

...Females build a globe-shaped nest that can stretch as the brood grows. They lay a very large clutch of eggs – there can be up to 12 in a single nest. To learn more about the Ruby-crowned Kinglet, visit https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet...

Your Metroparks Volunteer Community

...program will roll out, a partnership with the city of Detroit Parks & Recreation will begin, and we’ll continue to expanded community relationships and grant opportunities. The 2019 Annual Volunteer Report is now available for review and provides details on...

Free Fields Trips Provided by Your Metroparks

...must have 50% of students eligible to receive the federal free and reduced lunch program. To learn more and to apply for a Get Out and Learn Scholarship visit www.metroparks.com/getoutandlearn. “We love to share our knowledge with students through hikes,...

Your Metroparks: The Best Place For Social Distancing.

...you and your family can do over the next few weeks, your Metroparks have some options for you to consider. Across the 13 Metroparks properties, you can walk, bike or hike a variety of trails, paddle our rivers or just...

Why Prescribed Burns

...songs being heard again. Some refer to budding trees and the first green blades of grass. Some refer to the peeper frogs chirping at night. However, if you’re part of the Huron-Clinton Metroparks Natural Resources department, fire often marks the...

New Grants to Improve Access and Accessibility

...a connection from the trails to Snell Road which has planned pathways to the Paint Creek Trail and the future Stony Creek Ravine Nature Park trails. For more information on the Shelden Trails project, go to https://www.metroparks.com/sheldentrails/. The Clinton River...

Magical Monarchs

...the Monarch caterpillar. Milkweed grows wild in Southeast Michigan, and like its name suggests, it tends to pop up everywhere, “like a weed”. Corn fields, roadsides, and public parks are just a few of the favored habitats for these plants....

Fall Bird Migration

...and diminishing food supplies in the fall serve as a signal to these species to start their long journey. Many young bird species, including the Sandhill Crane, stay with their parents for the first year and migrate with their parents...

New Partnership to Support and Improve Rouge Park

...sports amenities in our much-loved Rouge Park, and the partnership with Metroparks will help to ensure that natural spaces in Rouge Park look good and serve our residents.” Full details of the MOU can be read at https://www.metroparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/00_March-Packet.pdf?x91894 on pages...
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