Since 1909, researchers and students at the University of Michigan Biological Station have been looking beyond the surface of forests, lakes and rivers to think about ecosystems, sustainability and the incredible connections we have with organisms notches lower on the food chain.
To educate the community about the biodiversity in their own backyard and inspire neighbors on their journey through the natural world, UMBS created a field guide to serve as a reference to help identify the aquatic wildlife and shoreline species in and along Douglas Lake.
The field guide was informed by UMBS scientific experts, visiting researchers and private local citizens during a three-day BioBlitz that tallied the living things that call this part of northern Michigan home. Top species, not all, found during the BioBlitz are included in the field guide. iNaturalist was used to catalog species during the BioBlitz. Click here to see all species observed during the event.
Thank you to the Little Traverse Bay Band’s Gijigowi Anishinaabemowin Language Department for providing Anishinaabemowin translations.
