Natural Area Preservation Year End Report 2023

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Storm downs trees throughout Washtenaw County, blocking roads.Mlive.com, Jul. 26, 2023​



 

Photo Essay: Controlled ecological burns in Ann Arbor" MichiganDaily.com, Dec. 6, 2023, 




 

Blue-spotted salamander​Yellow-bellied sliderEastern milksnake​


 

Michigan Natural Features Inventory, queen snakes​; Queen snake



 Eastern garter snakeExplore Michigan's wonderful world of crayfish.​" Michigan State University Extension, Dec. 12, 2016


 

Black-crowned Night HeronMarsh WrenRed-shouldered HawkTrumpeter SwanRed-headed WoodpeckerEastern BluebirdBlack-capped ChickadeeHouse WrenTree Swallow     ​


 

Wildlife tracking tower in Ann Arbor fills gap in statewide network.​" Mighiganpublic.org, Oct. 5, 2023; ​Eastern Whip-poor-willKirtland's Warbler​Monarch butterfly

 

Photo Monitoring Web Map​


 

Eastern tiger swallowtail ​, Pearl crescent​


 

 


Greenbelt interactive map​; “U-Pick flowers and organic crops among plans for 2 Ann Arbor greenbelt farms." MLive.com, Dec. 27, 2023



 

NAP Group Volunteering Form



​​​​​Links and Sources

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  • Clark, Nathan. “Storm downs trees throughout Washtenaw County, blocking roads."

Mlive.com, Jul. 26, 2023, https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/07/storm-downs-trees-throughout-washtenaw-county-blocking-roads.html

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​​Photo Credits

Cover

  • Paper birch at Bluffs Nature Area, April 2023, by Photo Monitoring volunteer, Audra Eddy

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  • Controlled burn at Huron Parkway Nature Area, May 2023, by NAP Photographer

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  • Gallup Park Wet Meadow Precise Point 6B, May, June, early August, and late August 2023, by Photo Monitoring volunteer

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  • Stapp Nature Area Precise Point 7, April 2023, by Photo Monitoring volunteer

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  • Burn crew member walking through a burn at Cedar Bend Nature Area, March 2023, by NAP Photographer
  • Common milkweed seeds, by NAP Photographer
  • Crew member Gabby DeMott cutting a downed tree with a chainsaw, by NAP Photographer

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  • Volunteers pull herbaceous invasives at Mary Beth Doyle Park, April 2023, by NAP Photographer
  • UM Epsilon Eta volunteers at Mary Beth Doyle Park, October 2023, by NAP Photographer

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  • Stapp Nature Area Precise Point 8 (reversed), May 2023, by NAP Photo Monitoring volunteer

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  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteer and staff at the water truck, May 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteers monitor a fire, May 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteers from Americorps, November 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteer Dave, May 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteer Kristin, May 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteer Katy, May 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew volunteers from Americorps, November 2023
  • Controlled Burn Crew staff Leah, November 2023
  • Buhr Park wet meadow burn, March 2023

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  • Arieal photograph of Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area, October 2023
  • Arieal photograph of Leslie Golf Course controlled burn, March 2023
  • Arieal photograph of Leslie Golf Course controlled burn, March 2023
  • Arieal photograph of conservation crew working at Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area, October 2023

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  • Volunteers cutting shrubs at Foxfire West Nature Area, December 2023
  • Volunteer holding up herbaceous invasive plants at Mary Beth Doyle Park, April 2023

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  • Wood frog, by Amphibian and Reptile Survey volunteer, Antoni Wierzbicki
  • Tiger salamander, by Amphibian and Reptile Survey volunteer, Antoni Wierzbicki
  • Painted turtle laying eggs, by NAP Photographer
  • Eastern milk snake, by Amphibian and Reptile Survey volunteer, Antoni Wierzbicki

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  • Queen snake in buckthorn branches, by Amphibian and Reptile Survey volunteer, Antoni Wierzbicki

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  • Three queen snakes in shrub branches, by Amphibian and Reptile Survey volunteer, Antoni Wierzbicki
  • Queen snake on branch, by Amphibian and Reptile Survey volunteer, Antoni Wierzbicki

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  • Young Black-crowned Night-herons, by NAP Photographer
  • Eastern Bluebird with green darner dragonfly on bird house, by NAP Photographer

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  • Motus tower, by NAP Photographer
  • Becky Hand and Juliet Berger from NAP with John Brenneman and Rich Keith from Kalamazoo Nature Center, by NAP Photographer
  • Equipment installing Motus tower, by NAP Photographer
  • “NAPbirds" inscription in Motus tower base, by NAP Photographer

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  • Miller Nature Area Precise Point 11, September 2022 and April 2023, by Photo Monitoring volunteer
  • Leslie Woods Nature Area Precise Point 3B, early and late November 2023, by Photo Monitoring

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  • Pearl crescent butterfly, by Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org"

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  • Photos of children and families at Environmental Education events, 2023, by NAP Photographer

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  • Photos of Environmental Education participants at the Ann Arbor Senior Center, by NAP Photographer
  • Sketches by Environmental Education participants at the Ann Arbor Senior Center

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  • Both photos of Nollar Road property, by NAP Photographer

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  • Group of volunteers at Ruthven Nature Area, September 2023, by NAP Photographer
  • UM Alpha Kappa Alpha at Cedar Bend Nature Area, April 2023, by NAP Photographer
  • UM Tau Beta Pi at Ruthven Nature Area, September 2023, by NAP Photographer

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  • Volunteer pulling herbaceous invasives at Bird Hills Nature Area, April 2023, by NAP Photographer
  • Singh & Kaur Foundation at Leslie Woods Nature Area, October 2023, by NAP Photographer

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  • All photos of groups at private workdays by NAP Photographer
  • Large group photo (left) – Alpha Kappa Alpha at Cedar Bend Nature Area, April 2023, by NAP Photographer
  • Large group photo (right) – Concordia University Men's Baseball at Kuebler Langford Nature Area, December 2023