Wildlife change – and don’t change – on tiny Lake Huron island

  • Wildlife change – and don’t change – on tiny Lake Huron island
    Wildlife change – and don’t change – on tiny Lake Huron island
  • Pictured is the Gray Treefrog. Inset photo: American Bullfrog. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
    Pictured is the Gray Treefrog. Inset photo: American Bullfrog. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

    LANSING

    In nature, a lot can change on a largely uninhabited Great Lakes island over the course of a century.

    And a lot can stay the same.

    That includes the disappearance and appearance of wildlife species.

    That’s what scientists discovered when they inventoried mammals and amphibians on Charity Island, a 252-acre speck near the mouth of Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron. It’s one of about 35,000 islands in t…