Creating Interpretive Signage for the Kids Creek Watershed
In this video, we hear from some very bright and dedicated young citizen scientists working to share what they have learned about the [...]
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The Once and Future Otter Creek
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers this essay to Nature Change readers about the long-term restoration of Otter Creek (a tributary to Lake [...]
Volunteerism & Tenacity – Improving Access to Nature at Brown Bridge Quiet Area
Over several winter days, a dedicated work crew gathered at Traverse City’s Brown Bridge Quiet Area to create something special for all of [...]
Discovering Lake Trout Secrets in the Deeps of Elk Lake
This short video essay, tells the story of Lake Michigan’s lake trout populations and the efforts to restore this iconic species of fish. [...]
Biological Surveys Along the Boardman River
Submitted by the Conservation Resource Alliance, this article describes biological monitoring along the Boardman River to measure the success of habitat restoration. In [...]
Improving Road-Stream Crossings: Better Habitat & More Resilient Rivers
Maybe you’ve noticed them driving county and local roads, the culverts and little bridges passing a stream under the roadway. And maybe you’ve [...]
Restoring a Native Meadow with Seed Bombs
By Derek Shiels, Conservation Easement Specialist, Little Traverse Conservancy Whether we like it or not, whether we know it or not, we impact [...]
Forest Blow Down on Alligator Hill – Which Path to Recovery?
The August 2 super storm that pummeled the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore snapped thousands of hardwood trees like matchsticks. The damage is [...]
Volunteer Conservationists: Habitat Restoration at Brown Bridge
One Saturday last October, a group of volunteers set out to plant thousands of trees and shrubs along the Boardman River in the [...]
Managing Resources: The Re-Wilding of Bowens Creek
The Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) began a project to restore the aquatic habitat of Bowens Creek in 2010 under a partnership with [...]