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Work underway to restore globally rare, forested wetland on Michigan's Belle Isle
DETROIT – The restoration of a unique-but-damaged ecosystem on Belle Isle is underway.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working to bring back 200 acres of globally rare, forested wetland at the 2.5-mile-long island park in the Detroit River.
It’s one of the largest wet-mesic flatwoods in existence and one of only six high-quality occurrences left in Michigan, providing habitat for a variety of rare plants, wildlife species and migrating songbirds.
Wet-mesic flatwoods – or forested wetlands – once were prominent along the Detroit River.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/06/work-underway-to-restore-globally-rare-forested-wetland-on-michigans-belle-isle.html
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working to bring back 200 acres of globally rare, forested wetland at the 2.5-mile-long island park in the Detroit River.
It’s one of the largest wet-mesic flatwoods in existence and one of only six high-quality occurrences left in Michigan, providing habitat for a variety of rare plants, wildlife species and migrating songbirds.
Wet-mesic flatwoods – or forested wetlands – once were prominent along the Detroit River.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/06/work-underway-to-restore-globally-rare-forested-wetland-on-michigans-belle-isle.html