Natural Area Preservation Year End Report 2023

​​​​​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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• ​Turner, Lila. “Photo Essay: Controlled ecological burns in Ann Arbor" MichiganDaily.com, Dec. 6, 2023, https://www.michigandaily.com/multimedia/photos/photo-essay-controlled-ecological-burns-in-ann-arbor/
  
  

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• Blue-spotted salamander - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52354-Ambystoma-laterale
• Yellow-bellied slider - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39793-Trachemys-scripta-scripta
• Eastern milksnake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/515419-Lampropeltis-triangulum
  
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• Michigan Natural Features Inventory, queen snakes - https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/species/description/11511/regina-septemvittata
• Queen snake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28850-Regina-septemvittata

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• Eastern garter snake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28362-Thamnophis-sirtalis
• Queen snake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28850-Regina-septemvittata
• Schroeder, Brandon; Glon, Mael; Smith, Kelley. “Explore Michigan's wonderful world of crayfish." Michigan State University Extension, Dec. 12, 2016, https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/explore_michigans_wonderful_world_of_crayfish_msg16_schroeder16

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• Black-crowned Night Heron - https://ebird.org/species/bcnher
• Marsh Wren - https://ebird.org/species/marwre/
• Red-shouldered Hawk - https://ebird.org/species/reshaw
• Trumpeter Swan - https://ebird.org/species/truswa
• Red-headed Woodpecker - https://ebird.org/species/rehwoo/
• Eastern Bluebird - https://ebird.org/species/easblu/
• Black-capped Chickadee – https://ebird.org/species/bkcchi/
• House Wren – https://ebird.org/species/houwre/
• Tree Swallow - https://ebird.org/species/treswa/    

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• Weiler, Beth. “Wildlife tracking tower in Ann Arbor fills gap in statewide network." Mighiganpublic.org, Oct. 5, 2023, https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2023-10-05/wildlife-tracking-tower-in-ann-arbor-fills-gap-in-statewide-network  
• Eastern Whip-poor-will - https://ebird.org/species/easwpw1/
• Kirtland's Warbler - https://ebird.org/species/kirwar/
• Monarch butterfly - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48662-Danaus-plexippus

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• Photo Monitoring Web Map – https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/2ab179c8b6c24b4ebb0de0ce31692262

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• Eastern tiger swallowtail - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60551-Papilio-glaucus
• Pearl crescent - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52925-Phyciodes-tharos

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• Stanton, Ryan, “U-Pick flowers and organic crops among plans for 2 Ann Arbor greenbelt farms." MLive.com, Dec. 27, 2023, https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/12/u-pick-flowers-and-organic-crops-among-plans-for-2-ann-arbor-greenbelt-farms.html  

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• NAP Group Volunteering Form - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/NAP/volunteering/Pages/Volunteer-Sign-Up-Form.aspx

​​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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• Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail_on_a_Flower_Pollinating.jpg

• 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