Bug Hunt Events and Training
Please read our COVID-19 prevention message for in-person monitoring. We invite you to come along and hunt bugs with us! No prior experience is necessary... Read More →
Bug Hunts During COVID-19
COVID-19 has upended all of our lives due to the speed of infection and the deadliness of the disease. Because any in-person contact risks spreading... Read More →
2020 Spring Bug Hunt in Quarantine
Julia visited the Franklin Branch Tamika and her son Ryan visited the Main Branch
Published Papers Using FOTR’s Community Science Data
Krabbenhoft & Kashian. 2020 Ecological Indicators. Citizen science data are a reliable complement to quantitative ecological assessments in urban rivers Former Bug Hunt Team Leader... Read More →
Stoneflies
Five types of stoneflies have been found in the Rouge River (map) Stoneflies are a primitive group of insects named for their habitat of crawling... Read More →
Spring Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
SQI refers to Stream Quality Index, a score that takes into account the abundance of sensitive organisms found at a site. Scores above 48 are... Read More →
Bug Hunt Finding Maps
Winter Stoneflies Press on a snowflake for sites where stoneflies have been found; red balloons where they have not been found. View Winter Stoneflies in... Read More →
Fall Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
SQI refers to Stream Quality Index, a score that takes into account the abundance of sensitive organisms found at a site. Scores above 48 are... Read More →
