Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Marathon Gardens
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Certified through 2025
Project Name
Project Type
Forest Restoration
Forest
About the Program
Marathon Petroleum Corporation owns a site in southwest Detroit along the Rouge River. The site borders an oxbow and forested corridor and consists of just under three acres of land. The team manages the site to improve the overall environment for the community, ensuring adequate habitat for local wildlife species, improving the health of the nearby river and educating the community on their conservation efforts. Habitats found on-site include an oxbow, forests and grassland.
Practices and Impacts
Marathon Petroleum Corporation owns a site in southwest Detroit along the Rouge River. The site borders an oxbow and forested corridor and consists of just under three acres of land. The team manages the site to improve the overall environment for the community, ensuring adequate habitat for local wildlife species, improving the health of the nearby river and educating the community on their conservation efforts. Habitats found on-site include an oxbow, forests and grassland.
Practices and Impacts
- The forest project began in 2014 with selective tree removal to remove any unwanted trees that were unhealthy, a safety concern or considered invasive.
- The Marathon Gardens Master Plan was created in January 2015 to propose planting lists for the project. Plantings of desired trees and shrubs occurred in annually from 2015-2023 to improve the health of the forest.
- The forest project management area has increased by 15.43 acres. Monitoring has indicated that the area now includes 50 native species out of 75, up from 45 native species .in 2021.
