June 11, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Air quality alerts and ozone actions days seem to come more frequently and earlier in the spring every year. While they are caused by different sources and environmental conditions, both mean…
May 28, 2025 By: Patrick Bigelow Ph.D., Interpretive Services Supervisor It is springtime! For the Huron-Clinton Metroparks’ Kensington and Wolcott Mills Farm Centers that means our barns and pens are host to many new lambs and goat kids. While they…
April 23, 2025 By: Samantha Volz, Park Interpreter For the past 55 years, the world has celebrated Earth Day. The Huron-Clinton Metroparks not only celebrate on April 22nd, but all year round with a variety of resources, events and activities…
April 2, 2025 By: Taylor Haugen, Park Interpreter When ecologists, naturalists, and gardeners consider indigenous species, also called native species, they are considering a plant or animal that has evolved over a long period time within a certain area. That…
March 26, 2025 By Julie McLaughlin, Natural Resources Coordinator If you see or smell smoke this spring at a Metropark, don’t rush to call 911. This window of time between snowmelt and green-up is the busiest time of year for…
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…
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