Who We Are
We are one organization with two locations at the University of Michigan. Our mission is to promote environmental enjoyment, stewardship, and sustainability through education, research, and interaction with the natural world.
Student Interns: Essential for Our Success
We’re hiring interns for our Nature Academy internship program. Learn more and apply
Data Resources
Earth Words (our blog)
Giving Blueday: How will you give to nature this year?
Giving Blueday has moved to the spring for the U-M community! It takes just one day—one act—to make a difference that lasts. Help grow the movement, and support what you love about U-M on March 10, 2021. For the Matthaei-Nichols community, it is a great...
Native Plant of the Week: Eastern Skunk Cabbage
A close-up view of a blooming eastern skunk cabbage. Photo: Nichols Tonelli. Skunk cabbage likes growing conditions to be wet! Photo: Michele Yanga. By Joseph Mooney Each week we showcase a plant that's native to the continental United...
Frequently Asked Questions: Matthaei-Nichols Digital Membership Card Program
In July 2020, we made the exciting transition to move our membership program digital! Using the online platform Cuseum, members will have digital access to this user-friendly membership program. Member information, updates, events and more will soon be in one place...
The Case for Non-native Biocontrols: Purple Loosestrife and the Galerucella Beetle
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is an aggressive invasive plant that can take over wetlands and alter the functioning of the areas it invades. In 1994, the State of Michigan joined five other states and Ontario in a USDA-guided biocontrol program...
Invasive Species ID: Learning Modules from the Midwest Invasive Species Information Network
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Time to learn invasive plants!We hear a lot today about invasive species and how they’re bad for ecosystems. As our colleague Katie Standard wrote in Monday’s “Invasive Awareness” post, invasive plants...
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