Metro Detroit Parks and Wildlands Forum Dec 2025 | Southeast Michigan Group

Watch the Sierra Club’s Southeast Michigan Group (SEMG) for the Metro Detroit Parks & Wildlands Forum, an engaging program focused on the future of parks, trails, and natural spaces across Metro Detroit. This recording features presentations and dialogue with local leaders who are shaping conservation and outdoor recreation efforts in our region.

Featured Speakers:

00:00:01 Jack Smiley, Founder of the Michigan Land Conservancy
00:21:05 Chris Ward, Head of Oakland County Parks
01:06:56 Sage Hegdel, Trails Specialist with MI DNR Parks and Recreation

During this 90-minute forum, you’ll hear introductions, speaker presentations, community discussion, and closing social time—all designed to highlight upcoming park projects and share ways residents and organizations can get involved.

Whether you attended in person, joined online, or are watching afterward, we’re glad to have you as part of this community conversation.

About SEMG Monthly Meetings & Presentations

The Sierra Club Southeast Michigan Group hosts free presentations as part of our monthly first-Thursday 7pm meetings most months. These sessions may be held on Zoom or as a hybrid meeting with both in-person and Zoom. They begin with brief announcements, followed by an hour-long presentation with Q&A. All Sierra Club members, supporters, and the general public are welcome.

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