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The Heart of the Natural Area:
The Environmental Interpretive Center

This Center, built in 2001, is the heart of education and research in the Natural Area on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus.
It is also a public natural history center that provides exhibits and programs which make it a must see for any visitor to the Natural Area.

 

 

 

 

Why visit the Environmental Interpretive Center?

Learn about the natural wonders of the environment in your community through the hands on exhibits...

Relax and enjoy views of wildlife year round in our "glass room"...

 

 

 

Kids of all ages can experience the wonders of our Natural Area by experianceing the hands-on programs taught by our staff Naturalists...

 

 

 

 

 

And to gain an appreciation of an "Island of Green in a Sea of Suburbia" right here in Dearborn!


 

 

Scavenger Hunt Question:
Find the "Waters of the Rouge" in the Environmental Interpretive Center and fill in the blank. The four branches of the Rouge are _________ miles long.

Environmental Interpretive Center   University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road  Dearborn, MI 48128 (313)593-5338
Orin Gelderloos,Director
Rick Simek, Program Supervisor
Julie Craves, Supervisor of Avian Research
Dorothy McLeer, Program Coordinator/Interpreter
Michael Perrin, Associate