HRWC staff picks of favorite watershed spots, celebrating 50 years of river protection and restoration work.
Growing up in Farmington, Michigan, the Big Beach trip in our family was to take a cooler and some lawn chairs up to Kensington MetroPark, where I had a great time digging in the sand, picnicking, and swimming at Maple Beach. But the highlight of the trip was always the visit to the Kensington Nature Center. Here is where I could actually touch Things From Nature! Like furs, and skulls, and the mystery boxes you put your hand in to guess what was inside. Here is where I could watch the bees for hours (well, I’m sure now it was really minutes) toiling away in the glass-walled hive. It was here, I believe, (along with weekly episodes of Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” on Channel 7), where I also discovered the importance of wildlife, natural areas, and water to our quality of life, and thus was planted the seed of my future career as an advocate for the environment. Little did I know at the time that I was recreating on the Huron River and enjoying its surrounding natural beauty, and that it would be my future workplace.
So, thank you Kensington, MetroPark, for helping to make me who I am!
Kensington MetroPark. Photo: ellenm1
HRWC is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year!
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Appreciate the River, Sunday July 12, by joining HRWC for some fun or heading to YOUR favorite spot with friends.