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Summer Safety on the Trails

July 23, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor Summer’s seasonal joys are many in the Metroparks: fishing, golfing, swimming, hiking, paddling, biking, and just finding a beautiful spot to enjoy. But summer brings some challenges, too. Staying safe means…

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World Snake Day 2025: Meet Michigan’s Residents

July 15, 2025 By: Steve Dishman, Interpreter Happy World Snake Day! World Snake Day happens annually on July 16 and was created to increase awareness of the diversity of snakes globally. There are about 3,900 species of snakes found from…

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Discovering Michigan’s Amphibians

June 25, 2025 By: Steve Dishman, Interpreter What is an amphibian? All amphibians are ectothermic, which means they can change their body temperature. They all are ovoviviparous or egg-laying. And amphibians lack the scales of a reptile. In Michigan, amphibians…

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Butterflies of Michigan

June 4, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor After the rush of spring migration, where birds return with their colors and song after overwintering in southern climates, our gardens and green spaces might seem a little quiet again. But…

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Lake Sturgeon

May 21, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor When you hear the word migration, it probably brings to mind the arrival of songbirds in the spring or perhaps the movement of monarch butterflies on their southward journey in the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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-…

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