DTE Energy
Western Wayne Service Center
Belleville, Michigan, United States
Certified through 2025
Project Name
Project Type
Pollinator Garden - East (#1)
Landscaped
Pollinator Garden - South (#2)
Landscaped
About the Program
DTE Energy's Western Wayne Service Center, in Belleville, Michigan, serves the energy needs of the state's southeast region. The site features two pollinator gardens covering about 0.02 acres and bat box projects that the team manages. The conservation objectives of the pollinator gardens is to actively support native pollinators by creating suitable habitat, managing land responsibly, promoting awareness, reducing the amount of mowed turf grass on-site and helping to manage stormwater runoff. The conservation objective of the bat house project is to encourage bats to remain on-site, increase biodiversity and benefit local populations. Employees are engaged in weeding, monitoring, meetings and photography. DTE Energy actively supports native pollinators by creating suitable habitat, managing land responsibly and promoting awareness.
Practices and Impacts
DTE Energy's Western Wayne Service Center, in Belleville, Michigan, serves the energy needs of the state's southeast region. The site features two pollinator gardens covering about 0.02 acres and bat box projects that the team manages. The conservation objectives of the pollinator gardens is to actively support native pollinators by creating suitable habitat, managing land responsibly, promoting awareness, reducing the amount of mowed turf grass on-site and helping to manage stormwater runoff. The conservation objective of the bat house project is to encourage bats to remain on-site, increase biodiversity and benefit local populations. Employees are engaged in weeding, monitoring, meetings and photography. DTE Energy actively supports native pollinators by creating suitable habitat, managing land responsibly and promoting awareness.
Practices and Impacts
- The team monitors the bat boxes for bats by looking for evidence like guano.
- Two gardens on-site are managed for several species of pollinators, with a focus on local butterflies. Specific plants, such as goldenrod and black-eyed Susan, were selected to provide nectar and to serve as host plants for caterpillars. The pollinator garden is weeded, and new plants are added, as needed.
