Green Your Neighborhood Community Forum
Green Your Neighborhood connects community members to programs and resources to help make their homes and neighborhood more sustainable through nature-based solutions. It highlights Detroit-based... Read More →
FLORA FEATURE – Standing Tall in the Winter Ice
GET TO KNOW –Cattails Along the edge of a frozen pond, dried stalks of cattails decorate the winter landscape. Rising up through ice and snow,... Read More →
CREATURE FEATURE: January Birds
GET TO KNOWBirds in Winter Winter landscapes have a beauty all their own, and winter birdwatching hikes are a wonderful way to see our feathered... Read More →
Iron Belle Trail Gateway Feature Rises In Detroit
The Downriver Linked Greenways and Iron Belle Trail Gateway Feature recently rose from the concrete in the shadow of Fort Street Bridge Park in Southwest... Read More →
FLORA FEATURE: Celebrating a New Year in the Winter Garden
American goldfinch on a snow covered sunflower head – public domain Finding Joy and Beauty in Winter’s Cold On a cold, wintry day – when... Read More →
CREATURE FEATURE – Why the Hate?
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) – photo by Gilles Gonthier CC-BY-2.0 GET TO KNOWEastern chipmunks As well-known and beloved cartoon characters, “The Chipmunks” (think “Alvin”) have... Read More →
Board Elections 2022–2024
TO THE MEMBERS OF FRIENDS OF THE ROUGE Posted December 9, 2021 Board elections were held following the final meeting of the Board of Directors... Read More →
FLORA FEATURE: Wintertime Sustenance for Wildlife
GET TO KNOWMichigan Native Sumac Shrubs Sumac shrubs, well-known for their brilliant fall colors, also serve as a wintertime superfood for wildlife. The large and... Read More →
Rare Mussels Discovered in Rouge River
In July, while conducting routine fish surveys in the lower Rouge, FOTR staff and volunteers noticed an unusually high number of piles of freshly discarded... Read More →
CREATURE FEATURE: Little River “cats”
Stonecat catfish (Noturus flavus) – photo by Robert Muller GET TO KNOWMadtoms The Rouge River watershed is home to a couple of crazy cats –... Read More →