Gabriel Richard Park on Detroit’s East Riverfront.Photo byDetroit Riverfront Conservancy.
A hopeful growing trend is taking place in urban areas across the country and, indeed, worldwide to ‘rewild’ urban areas. One such example is in Detriot, where wildlife biologists study nocturnal animals inhabiting city parks. As wildlife species face rapidly increasing threats and extinction due to habitat loss and climate change, rewilding seeks to restore natural systems in areas where they have been displaced by urban development.…