Are creeping caterpillars spoiling your early summer fun or harming your trees? Spongy Moth caterpillars are making messes and gobbling tree leaves in many yards, parks […]

By: Alyssa Winters, Farm Bill Biologist, Blue Water Conservation District June 2023

A natural resource milestone was achieved in St. Clair County last week. After a 20 year hiatus, St. Clair County revived its Spongy Moth Suppression Program. […]

Opinion-Editorial by: Concepcion Gonzalez, S.M.R. and Veronica Blake, S.M.R. Friends of the St. Clair River periodically highlights guest editorial pieces. The content contained in guest articles […]

Opinion-Editorial by: Paulette Duhaime Friends of the St. Clair River periodically highlights guest editorial pieces. The content contained in guest articles does not necessarily reflect the […]

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”Rachel Carson I’ve spent […]

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, our darkened world is currently illuminated with lights, candles, fires in the hearth, and the frenetic energy of holiday preparations.

By: Christy Ellery, Science Communication Intern The 16th-century term “green lawn” refers to a managed grass space on the property of the elite who could invest […]

By: Lily Smalstig, Recreation Intern, Friends of the St. Clair River

Friends of the St. Clair River periodically highlights guest editorial pieces. The content contained in guest articles does not reflect the opinions of Friends of the […]

Friends of the St. Clair River periodically highlights guest editorial pieces. The content contained in the guest opinion-editorial article does not reflect the opinions of the […]

Story by Melissa Kivel While I’ve always had a love for nature, I didn’t become a huge butterfly nerd until the world as I knew it […]