Friends of the Rouge
650 Church Street Suite 209, Plymouth, MI 48170
EIN: 38-2672879
734-927-4900

Copyright 2025 Friends of the Rouge.

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

We are grateful to our generous supporters for making a difference to the Rouge River! Together, we steward 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 Lara Edwards – ledwards@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.

Aerokats and Rover Education Network (AREN)
Allegria Village Retirement Community, Dearborn
Alliance of Rouge Communities
The Amity Foundation
Ann Ivory Studios
BBB Industries
Belle Isle Conservancy
Bethany Lutheran Church
Black to the Land, Detroit
Bloomfield Township Senior Center
BombBomb
Bosch
Canton Township
Carla Gonzalez
Casey Williams
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Charter Township of Redford
Chris Pray
Chuck Schroeder
City of Allen Park
City of Birmingham
City of Dearborn
City of Dearborn Heights
City of Detroit
City of Farmington
City of Hamtramck
City of Inkster
City of Livonia
City of Melvindale
City of Novi
City of Northville
City of Plymouth
City of River Rouge
City of Southfield
City of Troy
City of Wayne
City of Westland
Clinton River Watershed Council
Clippert Multicultural Honors Academy
Communities First
Concerned Residents for South Dearborn
Concrete Channel Stakeholder Group (EPA, EGLE, US Army Corps of Engineers)
Coolidge Elementary School
Corwell Health
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Crestwood High School
Dearborn Green Schools Coalition
Dearborn Garden Club
DeMaria Building Company
Destination Downriver
Detroit Bird Alliance
BIPOC Birders of Michigan 
Detroit Country Day Middle School
Detroit Green Task Force Water Committee
Detroit International Wildlife Refuge
Designs by Nature
DHL Supply Chain
Community of Christ – Detroit Hope
Detroit Mobile Kayak
Detroit Public Television
Detroit Parks Coalition
Detroit River Coalition
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Detroit Zen Center
Detroit Zoo
Doug Squires Photography
Downriver Delta Community Development Corporation 
Downriver Linked Greenways
Ducks Unlimited
DTE Energy
D-Town Farms
Earth Force
Ecology Center
Edward C Levy
Elizabeth Lurie
Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE)
Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT)
Farmington Hills Nature Center
Feral Flora
Ford Fair Lane
Ford Motor Company
Fort Rouge Gateway Partnership (FRoG)
Friends of Rouge Park
Friends of the Detroit River
Geer Park Elementary School, Dearborn
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
Grace in Action
Great Futures Youth Camp (Westland)
GI Exchange
Grosse Pointe Garden Club
Hamtramck High School
Hannah Tizedes 
Hansen Gallery
Healing our Waters Coalition
Holliday Nature Preserve Association
Hope Christian Academy
Huron River Watershed Council
Inkster Task Force
Izaak Walton League of America – Salt and Nitrate Watch
Jaclyn Heikkila-Stafiej
Jane Addams Elementary School, Redford
Jasmine Souchuk
Jefferson Barnes Elementary School
Jefferson Barnes Community & Vitality Center
Jennifer Lanzilotti, Fallen Leaf Art
Jennifer Rutherford
Jette Avery Art
Jocelyn Anderson Photography
Jodi Lynn Doodles
John Charles Barker
John Jaranson
Keep Growing Detroit
Kemeny Recreation Center
Kim Jones, The Sunlit Owl
Kiwanis Club of Colonial Plymouth
Lawrence Technological University
Legacy Land Conservancy
Lowrey Middle School, Dearborn
Marathon Petroleum
Marie Rust
Marine Pollution Control
Mark Allan & Associates
Mary Lane Glass
Master Gardeners of Western Wayne County
Maybury State Park
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC
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 League of Conservation Voters (MLCV)
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 
Miracle League of Plymouth
Morgain MacDonald Consulting
Motor City Canoe & Kayak Rental
Motor City Magnet Fishers
MotorCities National Heritage
My Community SPEAKS
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Bay Watershed Education & Training Program (NOAA B-WET)
National Wildlife Federation
Near Perfect Media
Neighbors of Canton magazine
Nelly Saavedra, Nina Moon Friends
Northville Township
Norwayne Community Citizens Council
Novi Home and Garden Show
Oakland County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA)
Oakland County Water Resources Commission
Oakman Elementary School, Dearborn
Paul Draus
PEA Group
Pierce Middle School, South Redford Schools
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
Plunkett & Cooney
Queer Outdoors
Quicken Loans
Redford Theatre
Richard Kates Film and Photography
River Network
River Management Society
River Raisin Watershed Council
Roosevelt High School
Rouge River Advisory Council
Salem Township
Salina Elementary School
Salina Intermediate School
Sally Wenczel
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
Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition (SEMIS)
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision
St. Michael’s Green Team (Merriman Hollow)
St. Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center
Stantec
Star International Academy
State of Michigan – Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)
State of Michigan – Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)
State of Michigan – DNR Outdoor Adventure Center
State of Michigan – Department of Transportation (MDOT)
Steppingstone School
The Black Pack
The Garden Club of Dearborn
The Henry Ford
The Penn Theater
The Roeper School
Thurston (Lee M.) High School
Tim Barrett
tmsr Design Delivery, LLC
Tom Rowland, Water Superintendent, Redford
Transform Communities, River Rouge
Trout Unlimited
Troy High School
UAW Local 600
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
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
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
University of Michigan – Dearborn – Environmental Health Research-to-Action Group
Urban Neighborhood Initiative 
Victoria Clawson
Village of Beverly Hills
Visteon
Washtenaw County Water Resources Commission
Wayne County Conservation Stewards
Wayne County Conservation District
Wayne County Department of Public Service – Environmental Services Division
Wayne County ParksWayne 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
WDET FM
WeSpire
West Bloomfield Parks & Recreation
William P. Faust Public Library – Westland
Yevgeniya Gazman

Regional and Statewide Advocacy through Committee Participation

To amplify your voice for a better River:

State

Michigan Environmental Council, Policy Committee
Michigan Water Table

Regional

Alliance of Rouge Communities Public Involvement & Education Committee
Concrete Channel Stakeholder Group (overseen by EPA, EGLE, Army corps of engineers)
Detroit Green Task Force Water Committee
Detroit River Coalition
Detroit Stormwater Hub Advisory Council
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)
Land & Water WORKS! Coalition
One Water Campaign, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
Oakland County CISMA
Rouge River Advisory Council (Public Advisory Council for the Rouge River Watershed Area of Concern status)
Rouge River Water Trail Leadership Committee
Southeast Michigan Partners for Clean Water
Transformative Research on Urban Sustainability and Training (Wayne State)

City

Water System Advisory Council, City of Dearborn

Build a Better Future

You deserve a clean and healthy Rouge River for your loved ones to safely enjoy today and to leave to future generations. Show your commitment to restoring the Rouge River watershed ecosystem by becoming a member and friend today.

Volunteer

Volunteers (like you!) are the people who make it possible to restore and protect your Rouge River right here in southeast Michigan

Donate or Become a Member

Restore and protect the Rouge River ecosystem by becoming a member and friend today.

On Your Own

What you do in your yard can make a big difference to the health of the river and our whole ecosystem.