Friends of the Rouge Supporters & Partners
Thanks to all of our supporters and partners. You extend the legacy of the Rouge River Watershed!
Our Supporters
Thank you to the generous supporters that make a difference for a better the Rouge River! You create a cleaner and more vibrant Rouge River for future generations and for all of us.
Want to see your organization on this list? Join the community and make a difference with Friends for a better Rouge River today! Sponsorship Opportunities are available here. Or, contact Nicole Wilson – nwilson@therouge.org – to discuss support that is just right for your organization’s environmental and community engagement goals!
Our Partners
We are grateful for the collaborative efforts of our wonderful Partners! You make a difference to the Rouge River.
10477 Rapid Robots FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team
Allegria Village Retirement Community, Dearborn
Alliance of Rouge Communities
Ann Ivory Studios
Belle Isle Conservancy
Bell’s Brewery
Black to the Land, Detroit
Bosch
Bosch Community Fund
Bray Gardens
Canton Nature Society
Canton Township
Central Michigan University (CMU)
Charter Township of Redford
Cherry Hill Church
City of Birmingham
City of Dearborn
City of Detroit
City of Farmington
City of Hamtramck
City of Inkster
City of Livonia
City of Novi
City of Northville
City of Plymouth
City of Southfield
City of Troy
Clinton River Watershed Council
Communities First
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Community UP Project
Concerned Residents for South Dearborn
Concrete Channel Stakeholder Group (EPA, EGLE, US Army Corps of Engineers)
Corewell Health
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Cub Scout Pack 3464
Cub Scout Pack 773
Destination Downriver
Detroit Bird Alliance
BIPOC Birders of Michigan
Detroit City Football Club
Detroit Green Task Force Water Committee
Detroit International Wildlife Refuge
Designs by Nature
Community of Christ – Detroit Hope
Detroit Mobile Kayak
Detroit Public Television
Detroit Parks Coalition
Detroit River Coalition
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Detroit Zen Center
Detroit Zoological Society
Discovery Creative Pathways Redford
Doug Squires Photography
Downriver Delta Community Development Corporation
Downriver Linked Greenways
Ducks Unlimited
Ducker Carlisle
DTE Energy
DTE Foundation
D-Town Farms
Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT)
Erb Family Foundation
Feral Flora
Ford Fair Lane
Ford Motor Company
Fort Rouge Gateway Partnership (FRoG)
Friends of Rouge Park
Friends of the Detroit River
Friends of the St. Clair River
Garden Club of Dearborn
Geer Park Elementary School, Dearborn
Orin and Char Gelderloos
Gilbert Family Foundation
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
Grace in Action
Great Futures Youth Camp (Westland)
GI Exchange
Girl Scouts
Giffels Webster
Great Lakes Paddlers
Healing our Waters Coalition
Henry Ford College
Henry Ford Centennial Library
Holliday Nature Preserve Association
Hope Christian Academy
Huron-Clinton MetroParks
Huron River Watershed Council
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Tonquish Lodge #32
Inkster Task Force
Izaak Walton League of America – Salt and Nitrate Watch
Jane Addams Elementary School, Redford
Jefferson Barnes Community & Vitality Center
Jodi Lynn Doodles
Keep Growing Detroit
Kemeny Recreation Center
Kiwanis Club of Colonial Plymouth
Lawrence Technological University
Legacy Land Conservancy
Little Detroit Community Garden
Livonia Civic Center Library
Livonia Community Foundation
Livonia Franklin Conservation Cmte
Livonia Garden Club
Livonia Public Schools
Luca Pastry
Mandela Washington Fellowship (Young African Leaders Institute and Wayne State University)
Marine Pollution Control
Mark Allan & Associates
Mary Lane Glass
Master Gardeners of Western Wayne County
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC
Met Services
Huron Clinton MetroParks
MG Mittlestat Photography
Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals
Michigan Clean Water Corps
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Lake Erie Management Unit
Michigan Environmental Council (MEC)
Michiganese Natives
Michigan Land Conservancy
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Michigan Radio
Michigan Sea Grant
Michigan State University Extension
Michigan State University Tollgate Farm & Education Center
MSU Quiet Adventures Symposium
Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association
Morgain MacDonald Consulting
Motor City Canoe & Kayak Rental
Motor City Magnet Fishers
MotorCities National Heritage
My Community SPEAKS
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
National Wildlife Federation
Near Perfect Media
Neighbors of Canton magazine
Northville Township
Norwayne Community Citizens Council
Novi Home and Garden Show
Oak Park Garden Tour
Oakland County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA)
Oakland County Water Resources Commission
Oakman Elementary School, Dearborn
PEA Group
PARClife
Planet Detroit
Plastic Oceans
Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex (PARC)
Plymouth District Library
Plymouth Old Village Association
Plymouth Pollinators
Plymouth Rotary AM
Plymouth Rotary Club
Plymouth Township
Plymouth Township Neighbors magazine
Plymouth Township Environmental Leadership Commission
Pure Oakland Water
Queer Outdoors
Redford Theatre
Redford Township
River Network
River Management Society
River Raisin Watershed Council
Rouge River Advisory Council
Salem Township
Salina Elementary School
Salina Intermediate School
Sally Wenczel
Sam’s Club Novi #6657
Saunders Memorial AME Church
Schoolcraft College
Share Detroit
Shriners
Sidewalk Detroit
Sienna Literacy Detroit
Sierra Club Michigan Chapter
Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy
SmithGroup
South Redford School District
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision
St. Michael’s Green Team (Merriman Hollow)
St. Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center
Stantec
State of Michigan – Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)
State of Michigan – DNR Outdoor Adventure Center
TerrePower
The Black Pack
The Henry Ford
The Penn Theater
tmsr Design Delivery, LLC
Redford Water Department Tom Rowland, Water Superintendent, Redford
Tonquish Lodge #32, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Trailwood Garden Club
Troop 755 Northville
Trout Unlimited
United Christian Church, Disciples of Christ
United Nations Regional Center of Excellence (Wayne State University and University of Windsor)
United States Army Corp of Engineers
United States Environmental Protection Agency
University of Maryland College Park
University of Michigan – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Michigan – School of Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan – Graham Sustainability Institute
University of Michigan-Dearborn
University of Michigan-Dearborn – Environmental Interpretive Center
Upper Long Lake Management Committee
Urban Neighborhoods Initiatives
Valicor Environmental
Village of Beverly Hills
Walmart Novi #5893
Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office
Wayne County
Wayne County Conservation Stewards
Wayne County Conservation District
Wayne County Department of Public Service – Environmental Services Division
Wayne County Parks
Wayne Garden Club
Wayne Regional Educational Service Agencies
Wayne State University – Office of Campus Sustainability
Wayne State University – Healthy Urban Waters and Healthy Urban Waters Advisory Board
Wayne State University – Donna Kashian Lab
Wayne State University – Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (Carol
Miller Lab and William Schuster Lab)
We’re Fixin To Fish
WeSpire
West Bloomfield Parks & Recreation
William P. Faust Public Library – Westland
Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
Regional and Statewide Advocacy through Committee Participation
To amplify your voice for a better River:
State
Michigan Watershed Policy Network
Regional
Alliance of Rouge Communities
Alliance of Rouge Communities, Public Involvement & Education Committee
Alliance of Rouge Communities, Technical Committee
Concrete Channel Stakeholder Group (overseen by EPA, EGLE, Army corps of engineers)
Detroit Green Task Force Water Committee
Detroit River Coalition
Detroit River – Western Lake Erie Cooperative Weed Management Area
Flooding Task Force (SEMCOG)
Fort Rouge Gateway Partnership (FRoG) which oversees the Fort Street Bridge Park
Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) Surface Water Intake Protection Plan Committee
Healthy Urban Waters Advisory Board (Wayne State)
Integrating Nature Based Solutions into a Comprehensive Stormwater Strategy for Southeast Michigan Advisory Group (Partnership with Wayne State University, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University)
Land & Water WORKS! Coalition
One Water Campaign, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
One Water Partnership (GLWA)
Oakland County CISMA
Rain Catchers Collective
Rouge River Advisory Council, Public Advisory Council for the Rouge River Watershed Area of Concern status (Committee Chair)
Rouge River Water Trail Leadership Committee
Southeast Michigan Partners for Clean Water
United Nations Regional Center for Expertise Detroit-Windsor Community Advisory Council
City
Dearborn Green Schoolyards





































































