May 31, 2023 Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor One of the most secretive residents of southeastern Michigan’s moist soils and wetland edges may also be one of our most misunderstood residents as well. The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake is Michigan’s only…
What are you doing this week? This weekend? All year long? If you’re not sure, you’ve come to the right spot! Your Huron-Clinton Metroparks offer hundreds of events and programs all year long, so you’ll never run out of things…
May 24, 2023 by Ali Groulx, Park Interpreter The winter of 2023 brought us mild temperatures mixed with several severe snow and ice storms that closed schools and hindered life for many Southeast Michiganders. If you have noticed an influx…
Come enjoy the fresh air in our outdoor aquatic fitness class held at the Lake St. Clair pool. This total body water fitness session will help tone and tighten. Intensity and impact can be varied on an individual basis during…
May 3, 2023 By Annica Brocker, Park Interpreter Life depends on plants to survive. Without photosynthesis, the process where plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and sugars, food and air would not exist. Trees, being the largest…
April 12, 2023 Jill Martin, Community Outreach Interpretive Services Supervisor Last fall, high schoolers in Riverside West Academy’s Nature Network Club, a Metroparks-sponsored Science and Nature Club with a focus on technology, took on the challenge of creating a social…
April 5, 2023 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Ah, spring in Michigan! Today might be sunny and 60 degrees and tomorrow’s forecast might include snow. While the fluctuating weather may frustrate humans and throw a wrench into our plans,…
March 29, 2023 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Quick! Do you know which watershed you live in among all the rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams that make up southeast Michigan? Everyone lives in a watershed, defined as the area…
March 22, 2023 By Annica Brocker, Park Interpreter Spring is heralded by singing songbirds and the return of the color green to natural spaces that have been largely brown and dormant all winter long. Flowers begin to bloom once more,…
March 15, 2023 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Water, water everywhere. With snow melting and rain falling, southeastern Michigan’s springs can arrive in a flood. Spring rains trigger amphibian mating seasons and give gardeners itchy fingers to get out…
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