Way back in 2007, after learning that my friend Nat Edmunds was in possession of an original copy of the 1913 Huron River Improvement Plan drafted by influential landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., I made a promise on this site that I’d figure out a way to get it scanned […]
Posted in Architecture, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bonnie Wessler, Elizabeth Riggs, Frederick Law Olmsted, Huron River Watershed Council, Janice Anschuetz, landscape architecture, Laura Rubin, Luna Lake, maps, Natalie Edmunds, Olmsted, Olmsted Brothers, Quirk Park, Riverside Park, tridge, Ypsilanti Gleanings, Ypsilanti Historical Society, Ypsilanti Toboggan Slide Company |
By Mark | December 13, 2015
When I heard that the owners of the Gilbert Residence, in an effort to differentiate themselves from other retirement communities, were building a slip’n slide from their back door, down to the Huron River, I didn’t believe it. But, sure enough, I went down to the river to investigate today, and it looks like they’re […]
By Mark | November 18, 2015
After kicking things off with the awesome into song written by our recent guest Frank Allison, we jumped right into things with University of Michigan Associate Professor Rebecca Hardin, the host of WCBN’s environmental news show It’s Hot in Here, and avid hunter Ben Connor Barrie, the editor of the Ann Arbor blog Damn Arbor. […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Environment, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Aja Marcato, bats, Ben Connor Barrie, biodiversity, dams, darters, deer, deer cull, ecosystem, Elizabeth Riggs, Erika Nelson, ethics, fish, fish habitat, fishing, Frank Allison, Fred Bear, Geddes, guns, guns in parks, guns in schools, Heather Evans, hostas, hunting, Huron River Watershed Council, It's Hot in Here, James Hughes, Jim Cherewick, kindness, large mouth bass, Lyme Disease, Marquette, Matt Jones, native plants, Organization for Bat Conservation, public health, public parks, rabies, Rebecca Hardin, River Street Anthology, RiverUp!, Schultz Outfitters, shrubs, small mouth bass, suckers, Ted Nugent, The Who Guy, ticks, USDA, vampires, white bass, White Nose Syndrome, Wildlife Conservation Society, wildlife management |
By Mark | November 15, 2015
On last night’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack, in a discussion with Elizabeth Riggs, the deputy director of the Huron River Watershed Council, about efforts to improve fish habitat along the Huron, Riggs mentioned work that had been done earlier that morning at the north end of Frog Island Park to create an access […]
By Mark | November 14, 2015
This evening, on a special episode of the Saturday Six Pack, we’ll be changing course a bit and discussing wildlife. To be more specific, we’ll be talking about killing deer, saving bats, and making habitats for native fish. During our first segment, we’ll be discussing Ann Arbor’s somewhat controversial deer cull with U-M Associate Professor […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Environment, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aja Marcato, bats, conservation, Cranbrook Institute of Science, deer, deer cull, Elizabeth Riggs, fish, Fred Bear, Heather Evans, It's Hot in Here, James Hughes, Jim Cherewick, Marquette, Organization for Bat Conservation, Rebecca Hardin, Schultz Outfitters, Ted Nugent, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, wildlife management |
