We are excited to welcome and introduce you to the newest Friend at Friends of the Rouge, Amber, our new Biological Monitoring Intern! Amber was out in the field this past weekend for the Stonefly Search. Welcome Amber!
#FriendsOfTheRouge #rougefriends #newfriend #stoneflysearch
Welcome Amber!
Enjoy, it's valuable work! Thanks
Welcome.thank you..
ATTENTION ALL ARTISIT: The Detroit River Coalition is now accepting all forms of art for this year's Earth Day Art Exhibition! What does Earth Day mean to you? Submit your piece by March 4th. Learn more at www.detroitrivercoalition.com/callforartists. 🎨🎭🩰🎼🌍💧CALL FOR ARTISTS!
The Detroit River Coalition invites artists in the US and Canada to participate in an #EarthDay Exhibition at the Belle Isle Aquarium, scheduled for April 21 2022.
Entry deadline is Friday March 4 2022. Each artist selected will be highlighted through DRC channels and will receive invitation(s) to attend the Earth Day opening reception on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Belle Isle Aquarium.
All ages and mediums, including performing arts, are invited to submit. Themes include: #ClimatChange, #ClimateJustice, #EarthDay, #Environmental #Conservation, #Stewardship, #IntersectionalEnvironmentalism, #MarineDebris,#SingleUsePlastic, #Ocean #Conservation, #GreatLakes, #DetroitRiver.
Detroit River Coalition members: Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Michigan Department of Natural Resources Friends of the Detroit River Detroit Riverfront Green Living Science Belle Isle Conservancy Friends of the Rouge Essex Region Conservation
For more information: www.detroitrivercoalition.com/callforartists
Way to go Aditya! 🌟 We love seeing students' amazing art work inspiring environmental action. 🎨🌎💧
Pick yourself up a free 2022 calendar today at select OC libraries or stop by our office (while they last)! 🗓️Congratulations to Troy's Barnard student, Aditya Yogesh, the 2022 Kids' Clean Water Calendar Grand Prize Contest Winner. He has made history by winning the coveted calendar cover for the second consecutive year, which is a first for any student in the 17-year history of the contest. The contest is made possible by the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's Office, Pure Oakland Water, and countless sponsors. Free calendars are available at select local libraries listed on WRC's website at www.oakgov.com/water.
Wow! That’s quite an achievement! Extra wonderful!
Looks great !
Good for you!
Awesomeness 👏👏💕Great Job🙌
We are out here searching for stoneflies!
Awesome work thanks! Made our pet toad hungry lol
Where is this particular site? Southfield?
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Jacob Fagerstrom
Our Stonefly Searchers are also testing sites for road salt as part of the #izaakwaltonleague #WinterSaltWatch. Too much salt runs off into our streams and harms aquatic life. This site is not too bad at 3.2 or 101 ppm but some sites are very high.
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