September 10, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor While summer lingers on the calendar and in our beautiful weather, autumn and the longer, darker nights are right around the corner. While we may regret the earlier (and earlier) onset of dark and retreat indoors…

September 3, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor During the late spring of 2025, your Metroparks started a new pilot project that reduced noise, reliance on fossil fuel, and the need to run a generator for 10+ hours a day. The Paddleshack at Eastwood…

August 27, 2025 By: Stephanie Kozak, Park Interpreter Expanding Community Resiliency through Rain Gardens In May 2022, the Huron-Clinton Metroparks received an EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant focused on protecting Lake Erie’s marshes and waterways through green infrastructure practices. Green infrastructure includes a…

Overview: We’re selling used equipment we no longer need, so now is a good time to find a great deal! Our equipment auction will be online again this year, so you can bid from the comfort of your own home. Be sure to review the…

August 20, 2025 By: Shana Totten, Park Interpreter The Huron-Clinton Metroparks launched a comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2023 that addresses the many roles and responsibilities the Metroparks can take with regard to managing, mitigating, and reducing climate impacts across several categories. One category that…

This summer, something special surfaced at Lake St. Clair Metropark—not in the water, but right beside it.  On August 19, 2025, park visitors and community members gathered near the Lake St. Clair Metropark beach for the official unveiling of a one-of-a-kind art installation: a sturgeon-inspired…

  During this event we will celebrate and explore the world of our smallest migrators: the Monarch Butterfly and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. We will be offering short hikes throughout the festival in search of these amazing animals. Author Danae Wolfe, of the Chasing Bugs website,…

  Register HERE Come out to the Nature Center to discover the signs that animals leave behind. We’ll figure out what animal left behind tracks, browse, scat (or poop) and more! You’ll gain some basic compass knowledge as we head out onto the trail. We…

  Register HERE Where does milk come from? How does a milking machine work? What does a goat eat? How many eggs will a chicken lay in a year? Join us as we learn the answers to these questions and more as we get up…

  Register HERE Birds are the eyes and ears of the forest. Join us to learn their different voices, and you'll uncover the secret movements of the forest—when the fox prowls, where the owl roosts, when the Cooper's hawk soars through the canopy, and where…