Chat about the Detroit Free Press special report this Friday.

What happens when you let several storytellers wander a Great Lakes island for a year? You get videos, pictures and words that capture its vulnerability to the outside world.

Belle Island Revealed, a yearlong project by the Detroit Free Press, examines the threat of invasive plants and animals to the city’s 1,000-acre park and how volunteers are trying to restore it. Belle Island is located within the Detroit River; it’s known as the jewel of Detroit.

Videos on the website show how Free Press videographer Brian Kaufman captured the island’s sights and sounds. CBS Detroit (WWJ-TV) will air some of the footage this Sunday, Sept. 12 at 11:30 a.m.

There’s also a neat opportunity to chat with Kaufman and Belle Island volunteer Melvadean Pearson this Friday at 11:30 a.m. on freep.com.