10/18/2021
Creating pathways to nature
The Office of Metropolitan Impact is instrumental in organizing SEMI Wild and its career and education pathway program that connects underrepresented youth to organizations like ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn, the Detroit Zoological Society, Belle Isle Nature Center and oth...
3/31/2021
Why was there smoke coming from the Environmental Study Area?
In late March, the Environmental Interpretive Center's staff organized a prescribed burn to keep the one-acre prairie in ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn’s Environmental Study Area maintained and healthy....
5/25/2020
Don't let the 'murder hornet' give wasps and bees a bad name
Before anyone panics, ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn naturalist Rick Simek wants everyone to take a calming breath — they aren't here — and remember not all yellow-and-black-striped insects are the same....
9/25/2017
Environmental Interpretive Center’s Rick Simek leads others to the great outdoors
His nearly 25-year career with ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn has included developing programs for community involvement, managing the community organic garden and creating new field trip options for area schools....
10/17/2016
Field goals: Environmental Interpretive Center creates insect hotel for campus garden
Welcome to the Bug House....
7/26/2016
Young Naturalist Program brings kids to campus for weeklong environmental science camp
The kids are led by interpreters, mostly ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn biology majors and alumni, who guide students’ understanding about ecology and different species through hands-on group learning experiences and conversations....