March 1, 2023 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Visitors to Lake St. Clair Metropark may have noticed some changes starting late last summer and into the fall. At the marina, instead of thick, rocky rip-rap there are now long…
February 15, 2023 Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Winter ice, covering our lakes, streams, and ponds, isn’t just a beautiful surface for skating and ice fishing. It serves an important role in the annual cycles of our freshwater ecology and…
February 2, 2023 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor World Wetlands Day is an annual celebration of one of our critically important and deeply misunderstood landscapes: wetlands! Here in Southeast Michigan, wetlands have been under-appreciated and over-developed for centuries. According…
January 18, 2023 By: Steve Dishman, Interpreter, Lake St. Clair Metropark To some, the end of winter signals the arrival of migrating birds. Or perhaps the awakening of reptiles, amphibians, and some mammals from hibernation. And to others, it means…
January 4, 2023 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Winter’s arrival in the Metroparks should herald the start of ice fishing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and other snowy and icy adventures. But the impacts of climate change can be observed…
December 7, 2022 By Pat Bigelow, Supervising Interpreter- Farm Late January 2019, myself and another Kensington Metropark Farm Center staff member walked out onto the frozen surface of Kent Lake. It was a beautiful day with the sun gleaming off…
November 23, 2022 Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Warm November days in Michigan brought record-setting observations of things like monarch butterflies flying by and black swallowtail caterpillars lingering in still-green gardens. While a single warmer-than-average season doesn’t indicate anything other…
September 7, 2022-Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Boil water advisories. E. coli counts closing swimming beaches. Droughts. Floodwater. Water concerns are in the news, both locally and globally, all the time. Often the term “water quality” is part of the…
Jesica Jurj, Interpretive Intern, August 10, 2022 What are invasive species? Our Great Lakes region is full of diverse and rich wildlife that are crucial to the health of Michigan wetland ecosystems. There is a wide variety of plants and…
Author: Kevin Arnold, Southern District Interpretive Supervisor In an earlier article, Community Outreach Interpreter Lisa Parsons wrote about “Celebrating Our Local Wetlands.” Here at Lake Erie Metropark, we are also “fighting” for one of our local wetlands, the Great Lakes…
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