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Join Friends of the Rouge and Riverside Kayak Connection on a tour of the industrial Rouge from Melvindale to the mouth of the Rouge. Experienced paddlers only (water quality concerns). Kayaks $45, $20 bring your own; shuttle and lunch included for both.
Join a team to look for clams, snails and aquatic insects that live in the streambed as part of a long term study to assess stream health. Registration required by Oct. 1, 2010.
Join Friends of the Rouge to canoe the Lower Branch of the Rouge from Wayne Road to Venoy. Rental canoes available for $40, includes shuttle.
Join us for a guided tasting of beer brewed in small batches within the Rouge River Watershed at Liberty Street Brewing Company. Guided by Michigan beer guru Rex Halfpenny. Advance tickets $25 FOTR members/$30 non-members/$50 ticket & membership. Add $5 for tickets at door if still available.
Join us for our annual meeting at the Glen Oaks Golf Course in Farmington Hills.
Share your story about how Friends of the Rouge or the Rouge River has touched your life...
Help Friends of the Rouge celebrate 25 years of river restoration and public education by telling us how we have impacted your life. Maybe you have a funny story to tell or witnessed the fire on the Rouge River in 1968. Perhaps you grew up playing along the Rouge or aided in the river's clean up. If you have a story to tell, big or small, share it with us.
Promoting restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River ecosystem through education, citizen involvement and other collaborative efforts, for the purpose of improving the quality of life of the people, plants and animals of the watershed.
Friends of the Rouge is a 501(c)(3) corporation
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