Monitoring Update: Friends of the Rouge Monitoring Team begins Road Crossing Inventory Project
The Lower Rouge River Culvert Inventory to Improve Fish Passage Friends of the Rouge Monitoring Team begins Road Crossing Inventory Project The monitoring team has... Read More →
Rouge Community Scientists Find PFAS in Every Fish
In 2022, six anglers who eat fish from the river joined FOTR’s ranks of community scientists when they agreed to collect fish for PFAS testing... Read More →
Bug Hunt Events and Training
We need your eyes, hands, and boots on the ground! No prior experience is necessary, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Children eight and older are welcome... Read More →
PFAS and the Rouge River
What are PFAS? PFAS, or Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of 4700 different chemicals used in industrial products since the 1940s. They can... Read More →
Rare Mussels Discovered in Rouge River
In July 2021, while conducting routine fish surveys in the lower Rouge, FOTR staff and volunteers noticed an unusually high number of piles of freshly... Read More →
Published Papers Using FOTR’s Community Science Data
Staci L. Capozzi, Chunjie Xia, Matthew Shuwal, Gillian Zaharias Miller,Jeff Gearhart, Erica Bloom, Lennart Gehrenkemper, Marta Venier, Dioxin in 2023, Indiana University Bloomington, 10-14 Sept.... Read More →
Species of Fish Found in the Rouge River
We have identified 65 species of fish in the Rouge River, 55 native and 9 non-native. Press on the Species Name link for more photos... Read More →
