Newest Riverfront addition will offer native plants, wetlands

More of the RiverWalk is being developed. But a bit more on the wild side -- wild as in native plants and wetlands.

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The State of Michigan is adding a 6-acre, $6-million piece to its Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor just east of Rivard on the waterfront. This latest work includes a wetland and native plants to illustrate what was here when the French founded Detroit in 1701.

When completed this fall, this new phase will add a 1,000-foot stretch to the city's RiverWalk, pushing the total RiverWalk coverage to about 3 miles of the riverfront.

Faye Alexander Nelson, president and chief executive of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, which builds and operates the RiverWalk, called the addition to Tri-Centennial Park a "unique educational and recreational opportunity" for the city and its people.

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