Wetlands in Metro Detroit play a critical role in flood control, water purification, and providing habitat for diverse wildlife. Planet Detroit is reporting on these imperiled landscapes because they are vital for climate resilience, biodiversity, and the region’s environmental health.
Who is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit?
Organizations like watershed councils, land conservancies and government agencies are protecting wetlands in Metro Detroit to preserve wildlife habitats, improve water quality and reduce flooding risks.
Detroit wetlands offer up urban nature
As Detroit expanded over the past two centuries, one of its most treasured natural resources receded from the city’s riverfront. Wetlands—waterlogged areas where the city’s soils bordered the Detroit River—once stretched a mile wide and rested along the land between Lake St.Clair and Lake Erie. In the years since the Industrial Age in the 1800s,…
What Metro Detroiters should know about wetlands
Natural and constructed wetlands can help prevent flooding, provide critical wildlife habitat for wildlife and create recreation opportunities.
Residents tackle flooding and climate with Detroit River watershed management plan
The plan aims to create a ‘recipe book’ for actions that community members can use to improve the Detroit River watershed.
OPINION: Michigan’s wetlands permit process needs reform
The destruction of a rare ‘imperiled’ Wayne County wetland to build a garbage dump reveals a flawed system.
Garbage giant Waste Management wins four-year fight to build landfill on ‘rare and imperiled’ Michigan wetland
A 44-acre natural area in Van Buren Township will soon be a landfill after state regulators granted a permit for wetland destruction.
What does the Supreme Court’s wetland ruling mean for Michigan?
Michigan’s wetlands may fare better than most because of strong state regulations, but lower federal protections still pose a risk.