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Migration Mania!
May 7, 2025 By: Paul Cypher, Park Interpreter Of the four major sports in the United States, football has the shortest season (5 months) with the fewest regular season games (16). Basketball and hockey each play 82 games during a…
Growing our Let it Grow Zones
April 16, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor In a cold and soggy spring like we’ve been experiencing in 2025, our pollinator gardens and plantings play essential roles in soaking up rain and snow, providing shelter and food for…
Celebrating a Wildlife Success Story – Learning to Live with Beavers (again)
April 9, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Can you think of an animal that creates wildlife habitat for itself and other species, helps with flood control, and even develops new wetlands? If you immediately thought of the beaver,…
Let’s All Speak for the Trees
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…
World Frog Day
March 19, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor While March 20th might be best known as the first day of spring in 2025, it is also an annual holiday honoring frogs. That’s right, March 20th is World Frog Day-…
Watching Wildlife Responsibly
March 12, 2025 By: Maddie Lukens, Park Interpreter If there is one thing that the Metroparks are known for, it is that they are home to a wide array of wildlife. Chickadees chirping in the forest, painted turtles swimming amongst…
How to Keep Your Backyard Wildlife Safe
February 12, 2025 By: Steve Dishman, Interpreter Viewing wildlife at your Metroparks is a wonderful experience and one that many visitors take advantage of with cameras and binoculars. But you can find diverse wildlife in your own backyard, too. There…
World Wetlands Day 2025 – “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future”
February 5, 2025 By Sam Volz, Park Interpreter World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on February 2nd, to raise awareness about wetlands, their importance, and the threats they face. With a 2025 theme of “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common…
Planning for Pollinators
January 15, 2025 By: Maddie Lukens, Park Interpreter Pollinators, what would we do without them? From bees and wasps to butterflies and moths, and even flies and bats, we rely on pollinators to get the job done. What job may…
Parks in Partnership: Michigan State University Extension and the Michigan Naturalist Class
December 25, 2024 By Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor What are you looking forward to in the new year? If you are hoping to deepen your engagement with and understanding of southeastern Michigan’s myriad wild places and wildlife, consider the…
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