Huron Pines has completed a fourth road/stream crossing restoration within the Thunder Bay River Watershed, this time on Hunt Creek southeast of Atlanta. … More Timber Bridge Reconnects 10 Miles of Trout Habitat on Hunt Creek
This summer we had the opportunity to get our feet wet while connecting with youth in Northeast Michigan and showing them how to measure stream health by studying macroinvertebrates. … More Building Connections to the Natural World Through Curiosity
Vanderbilt K-12 students planted an assortment of hardwood trees around the school Oct 14 as part of Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus program facilitated through Huron Pines. … More Vanderbilt Students Plant Hardwoods as Part of ‘Tree Campus’ Initiative
An improved road/stream crossing in Roscommon County is the result of an entirely locally-funded push to restore vital fish habitat on a major inlet of Michigan’s 11th-largest inland lake. … More With Local Funding, Huron Pines Restores Largest Inlet of Higgins Lake
The grant will allow Huron Pines to try new approaches to habitat restoration on state land with a focus on the broader jack pine ecosystem now that the once-endangered Kirtland’s warbler population has stabilized. … More Huron Pines Awarded Grant to Restore Jack Pine Ecosystem
Invasive phragmites, a reed grass capable of reaching 15 feet in height, can’t grow in water more than a few feet deep. Now that Lake Huron water levels are falling from record highs in 2020, dormant roots from drowned phragmites are coming back to life and sending up their towering shoots once more. … More Take on Invasives: Phragmites
The goal of Huron Pines’ budding seed-collection project is to find remnants of what were once sprawling landscapes, gather seed from the plants growing there, then propagate them for efforts to restore native plant communities. … More Bringing Back Biodiversity One Seed at a Time
DNR forester Doug Tyran spent two weeks in August battling wildfires a thousand miles away from home in the Canadian backcountry. Tyran served with the DNR during his 2016 Huron Pines AmeriCorps service term. … More Launching Careers in Conservation with Huron Pines AmeriCorps
Japanese knotweed was brought to the United States more than a century ago as an ornamental plant. Its yellow-white spike flowers bloom in late summer and fall, making this time of year the best opportunity to identify it and report infestations. … More Take on Invasives: Japanese Knotweed
Gilchrist Creek is flowing freely once again since conservation nonprofit Huron Pines replaced two undersized crossing structures at Carter Road and Greasy Creek Road, reconnecting more than 40 miles of coldwater trout habitat and fixing long term issues with road maintenance. … More 40 Miles of Trout Stream Reconnected on Gilchrist Creek