UM-Flint Biology teams up with For-Mar for School Day Bioblitz

September 15, 2022 9:50 am Madeline Campbell

The UM-Flint Biology program is teaming up with For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum to host a bioblitz for K-12 students. (Photo Credit: ForMar Nature Center and Arboretum)

This fall, a "blitz" won't just happen on the football field as For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum will host its annual School Day Bioblitz Sept. 29. The event, now in its sixth year, originally began as a partnership between the Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission and the University of Michigan-Flint in 2014. The event[…]

Work, research continues on Flint's Hamilton Dam removal

July 29, 2022 4:40 pm Madeline Campbell

Shannon Estenoz, assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks visited the UM-Flint campus Thursday.

Imagine wildlife quietly making its way along the shoreline of the Flint River as kayakers paddle past the William S. White Building and anglers excitedly discuss their days' catch. Those visions could soon become reality when the last remaining pieces of the century-old Hamilton Dam, located in the heart of the UM-Flint campus between Harrison[…]