Links
Page 9
Eastern red-backed salamander - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27186-Plethodon-cinereus
Brown snake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28562-Storeria-dekayi
Stanton, Ryan. “Did you know Ann Arbor employs experts to track turtles, birds and frogs?" Mlive.com, Aug. 01, 2022, https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/08/did-you-know-ann-arbor-employs-experts-to-track-turtles-birds-and-frogs.html. Accessed Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
Page 10
Butler's garter snake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28423-Thamnophis-butleri
Eastern garter snake - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28362-Thamnophis-sirtalis
Blue-spotted salamander - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52354-Ambystoma-laterale
Page 11
Stanton, Ryan. “Did you know Ann Arbor employs experts to track turtles, birds and frogs?" Mlive.com, Aug. 01, 2022, https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/08/did-you-know-ann-arbor-employs-experts-to-track-turtles-birds-and-frogs.html. Accessed Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
Page 12
Osprey - https://ebird.org/species/osprey
Trumpeter Swan - https://ebird.org/species/truswa
Black-crowned Night Heron - https://ebird.org/species/bcnher
Red-shouldered Hawk - https://ebird.org/species/reshaw
Page 13
Dickcissel - https://ebird.org/species/dickci/
Marsh Wren - https://ebird.org/species/marwre/
Henslow's Sparrow - https://ebird.org/species/henspa/
Hooded Warbler - https://ebird.org/species/hoowar/
Page 14
Gallup Park - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/Pages/Gallup.aspx
Furstenberg Nature Area - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/Pages/Furstenberg.aspx
South Pond Nature Area - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/Pages/SouthPond.aspx
Page 15
Photo Monitoring Web Map – https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/2ab179c8b6c24b4ebb0de0ce31692262
Page 16
Acadian hairstreak - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/198805-Satyrium-acadica
Red-spotted purple - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58585-Limenitis-arthemis-astyanax
Harvester - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81729-Feniseca-tarquinius
Cecropia moth caterpillar - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81582-Hyalophora-cecropia
Eastern tiger swallowtail - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60551-Papilio-glaucus
Saddleback caterpillar moth - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122228-Acharia-stimulea
Page 17
Ann Arbor's Greenbelt program - https://www.a2gov.org/greenbelt/Pages/greenbelthome.aspx
Greenbelt and Parkland Acquisition FY2022 Report - https://www.a2gov.org/greenbelt/Documents/FY%202022%20Annual%20Report.pdf
Greenbelt Strategic Plan - https://www.a2gov.org/greenbelt/Documents/Greenbelt_Strategic_Plan_2019.pdf
Greenbelt map - https://www2.a2gov.org/GIS/MapAnnArbor/Greenbelt/
Mary Beth Doyle Park - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/Pages/Brown.aspx
Page 18
Smolcic Larson, Lucas. “$1.44M conservation purchase sets up one of largest nature preserves in Ann Arbor area" Mlive.com, Dec. 2, 2022, https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/12/144m-conservation-purchase-sets-up-one-of-largest-nature-preserves-in-ann-arbor-area.html. Accessed Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
Page 19
University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability - https://seas.umich.edu/
Edinger, J; Einck, J; Kasparian, S; Pagano, L 2021, Assessing and Communicating Climate and Water Ecosystem Services of the City of Ann Arbor Greenbelt Program, Master's thesis, University of Michigan, https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/167368. Accessed Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Environmental Protection Agency Carbon Equivalencies Calculator - https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
Page 22
Ruthven Nature Area - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/pages/ruthven.aspx
Can you find the native fauna hiding on this page: bats, a songbird, a spider web, butterflies, moths, a dragonfly, bees, a rabbit, a snake, a grasshopper, and a vole?
Page 23
NAP Group Volunteering Form - https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/NAP/volunteering/Pages/Volunteer-Sign-Up-Form.aspx
Return to top
Photo Credits
Cover
Mary Beth Doyle Park, October 2022, by Photo Monitoring volunteer, Alena Aniskiewicz
Page 2
Furstenberg prairie, July 2022, by NAP Photographer
Page 4
Bee balm and black-eyed Susan at Ruthven, July 2022, by NAP Photographer
Page 5
Volunteers hauling large trash out of Bluffs, March 2022, by NAP Photographer; Volunteers at Bird Hills, October 2022, by NAP Photographer
Page 6
Barton Precise Point 39, September 2022, NAP Photo Monitoring volunteer Lissa Spitz
Page 7
Argo Cascades Burn, March 2022, by NAP Staff; South Pond Burn, March 2022, by NAP Staff; Conservation Crew Intern Indira Sankaran at Furstenberg Burn, August 2022, by NAP Staff; Burn Crew at Kuebler Langford Burn, March 2022, by NAP Staff
Page 8
Volunteers during nature walk with Park Steward Lisa Johnson at Miller, April 2022, by NAP Staff; Junior volunteer gets lopper training at Miller, March 2022, by NAP Staff
Page 9
Eastern red-backed salamander by Conservation Crew; Brown snake by Conservation Crew
Page 10
Herp Survey volunteer Antoni Wierzbicki, courtesy of Antoni; Butler's garter snake © Josh Vandermeulen (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), via iNaturalist; Eastern garter snake ©Patrick Randall (CC BY-NC-SA), via flickr
Page 11
Black-crowned Night Heron at Mary Beth Doyle, August 2022, by Breeding Bird Survey volunteer Corey Haselhuhn
Page 12
Osprey Dad Bringing Dinner, by Jane Purslow from NAP's 2008 Photo Contest; Trumpeter Swan at Gallup, 2018, by Photo Monitoring volunteer Harry Frank; Black-crowned Night Heron at Mary Beth Doyle, August 2022, by Corey Haselhuhn; Red-shouldered Hawk © Andy Morffew (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Page 13
Dickcissel, public domain, Christopher King, via Wikimedia Commons; Marsh Wren, public domain, Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, via flickr; Henslow's Sparrow © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons; Hooded Warbler male © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren (CC BY 2.0), via flickr
Page 14
North American beaver, public domain, Glacier National Park Service; Bark detail of black alder, by former NAP staff Amy Lipson; Beaver gnawed aspen stump in a pond © Arbyreed (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via flickr
Page 15
Photos from NAP Photo Monitoring Program
Page 16
Acadian hairstreak, by NAP Photographer; Red-spotted purple, Shutterstock; Harvester at Black Pond Woods by Ronda Spink of the Michigan Butterfly Network; Cecropia moth caterpillar by NAP Photographer; Tiger Swallowtail Sweet Landing, by Michael Gay from NAP's 2008 Photo Contest; Saddleback caterpillar moth, by former NAP staff Steven Parrish
Page 17
Mary Beth Doyle Park, October 2022, by Photo Monitoring volunteer Alena Aniskiewicz
Page 18
Photos from Maisel Property Greenbelt Application
Page 20
Volunteers smiling at Bandemer, October 2022, by NAP Staff; friends giving a thumbs up at Miller, March 2022, by NAP Staff; Community High School students give a thumbs up, May 2022, by NAP Staff
Page 21
Emerson School students celebrate at Olson Park, June 2022, by NAP Staff; UM Indian American Student Association volunteers pose at Mary Beth Doyle Park, October 2022, by NAP Staff
Page 22
Ruthven Nature Area kame, July 2022, by NAP Photo Monitoring volunteer Mike Stander
Page 23
All by NAP Staff: EMU Women's Swim and Dive Team at Marshall, October 2022; Indian American Student Association at Mary Beth Doyle, October 2022; UM Muslim Chaplaincy at Furstenberg, July 2022; Community High School volunteers at Sunset Brooks, May 2022; UM Delta Epsilon Mu at Argo, September 2022; EMU Delta Zeta at Fuller, March 2022; Criteo at Bird Hills, September 2022; UM Running Club at Bluffs, April 2022; UM Chi Psi at Bluffs, April 2022
Page 24
Volunteers pull weeds at Onder, April 2022, by NAP Staff; Park Steward Liz Geissner at Furstenberg prairie, July 2022, by NAP Staff
Page 25
Barton Nature Area tall grass the summer after a fall burn, September 2021, by NAP Photo Monitoring volunteer Shifrah Nenner; Kuebler Langford Nature Area ironweed, August 2022, by Photo Monitoring volunteer Steve Lyskawa
Return to top
