Redford Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Scot Martin, (734) 334-7437 and Ted Kozlowski Volunteers will be doing trash cleanup and invasive species removal. Meet at the Pavilion. Second driveway on the left after you enter the park.
Rouge Rescue in Dearborn
05/18/19 @ 9am - 1pm - Site Coordinators: Thomas Trimble, (313) 414-6277, Dave Norwood Sponsoring Organization: City of Dearborn We're going to do trash pick-up, trail maintenance, and wood debris management. We will meet at the Ford Field pavilion at base of Monroe street.
Rouge Rescue at Heritage Park
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Ashlie Smith, (248) 477-1135 Sponsoring Organization: City of Farmington Hills Within Heritage Park, volunteers can choose from a variety of activities: remove invasive shrubs, pull Garlic Mustard and Dames Rocket, plant native plants, and remove debris from the River. Volunteers should dress for the weather and working outdoors off-trail. Equipment provided. Enter off Farmington [...]
Plymouth Smith School Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinators: Greta Bolhuis, (734) 453-1234 x.224, and Adam Gerlach Sponsoring Organization: City of Plymouth Volunteers will be cleaning up Tonquish Creek by removing trash and invasives. We will also be doing a native planting. Park at the bus loop at Smith School.
Superior Township Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Carla Bisaro, (734) 484-0074 Sponsoring Organization: Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy We will be installing a small native plants garden at the Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve overlook, as well as tending the Native Plant and Insect Garden that we installed last year under the grant sponsorship of the Michigan Botanical Foundation. If time [...]
Berberian Woods Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinators: Brandy Siedlaczek, (248) 796-4806 and Gail Barber (248) 794-3791 Come on out to Berberian Woods for Rouge Rescue! Volunteers will be focused on removing garlic mustard and Dame's Rocket. Meet at the end of Streamwood lane, which you enter off 12 Mile, west of Bell Road east of Telegraph. Walk down two-track lane [...]
Meadows of Canton Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Kesh Raizada, (313) 999-6256 Sponsoring Organization: Wayne County Department of Public Services, Water Quality Division River clean up if weather permits, educational displays, indoor presentations, bug hunt (benthic program), bird house building, food and much much more! Register at 44955 Cherry Hill Road. River clean up at Lotz Road between Cherry Hill and [...]
Oakwood Heights and Fordson Island Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Paul Draus, (313) 583-6628 Sponsoring Organization: FRoG (The Fort/Rouge Gateway) Meet by the Fort Street Bridge Park sign. We will clean up along the Rouge River banks on Oakwood side and Fordson Island, also in Marathon Gardens wildlife habitat at SDEV garden site.
Eliza Howell Rouge Rescue
05/18/19 @ 9am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Riet Schumack, (313) 283-8091 We will be cleaning up plastic and other trash from log jams in the river behind Eliza Howell Park.
Rouge Rescue Day Douglas Evans
05/18/19 @ 10am - 12pm - Site Coordinator: Erin LaPere, (248) 646-6404 Sponsoring Organization: The Village of Beverly Hills Come out to Douglas Evans Nature Preserve for a fun day for the whole family! There will be a cleanup and invasive species removal along with educational activities and a nature walk.