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Our Friends of the Rouge Restoration team has been steadily working to install five community-scale rain gardens as part of the Rain Gardens to the Rescue (RGTTR) program, funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
On Friday, August 2nd, the purple ribbon was cut to officially open LaNita’s Memorial Park in Detroit! The park’s design, flower selection, and location are inspired by LaNita.
A huge thank you to everyone who came out for our recent PARC Rain Garden Spruce Up event—Picnic in the PARC!
Light pollution comes in several forms, including skyglow (glowing haze over highly populated areas), light trespass (light that reaches beyond intended or needed area), and glare (light that excessively illuminates areas or objects).
The summer Rouge River fish surveys started off with a great surprise. While measuring and identifying fish on the Johnson Creek, Bob Muller noticed a minnow with a very large mouth and red stripe. It turned out to be a redside dace, a species found in very few watersheds in the state, endangered in Michigan, and declining in the Rouge River watershed.
On June 22, Northville resident and Friend Jeff Snyder was alarmed to see a boom on the river downstream of […]
Friends of the Rouge (FOTR), whose mission is to restore, protect and enhance the Rouge watershed through education, collaboration and stewardship, has named Ashley Flintoff, PMP, LEED AP, as its new executive director.
Flintoff, who will begin her new role on July 8, 2024, is set to lead FOTR with a focus on strategic planning, program evolution, organizational policies and ensuring the organization’s fiscal stability.
Wednesday, August 7 at HopCat Livonia Questions – call 734-927-4900 You are invited to celebrate your Rouge River as you […]
After over seven years in this role – I share the bittersweet news that I will begin the transitioning process out of my role as executive director. Finally saying it out loud to you all feels so heavy. So, I want to pause for a moment.
The Southeast Michigan Report Cards present “grades” for five watersheds in the region. These grades have been calculated using expert advice and science-driven standards for environmental and socioeconomic conditions.