Click HERE for a list of Rouge Rescue Sites and Activities
2008 Site Coordinator Forms and Information
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Rouge Rescue SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION is available here.
THANK YOU ROUGE RESCUE
STEWARDSHIP FUND SPONSORS !!
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River Day is a celebration of the rivers in the southeast Michigan region. The heart of River Day for Friends of the Rouge (FOTR) is Rouge Rescue -- your chance for hands-on involvement in the restoration and protection of the Rouge River.
Since 1986, thousands of volunteers have come to the river on the first Saturday in June. They come from area businesses, local governments, school groups, service organizations, churches, homeowner groups and concerned citizens. They are all people like you who want to make a difference and contribute to the quality of life in their communities.
Work sites may be along small streams or main branches of the Rouge Volunteers spend
their time removing debris from the river and its flood plain. A major effort involves
removing, or simply moving, logs that are jamming the river and causing flooding or
erosion. Many sites no longer
remove all the trees and branches that fall into the river.
They are using the woody debris, instead, to help reduce streambank
erosion, slow down the
flow of the river after storms, and create wildlife habitat.
In recent years, the FOTR "annual spring clean-up" has turned its local focus outward. We have teamed up with other watersheds throughout southeast Michigan to create the River Day Partnership. The Huron, Clinton, Detroit River, Shiawassee River Headwaters, St. Clair River and the Little River in Ontario join together on the first Saturday in June for clean-ups, nature hikes, canoe trips, and other river-related activities on River Day.
If you are interested in participating in the annual Rouge Rescue clean-up extravaganza, find the site nearest to you.
Results from Rouge Rescue 2003
Results from Rouge Rescue 2004
Results from Rouge Rescue 2005
Results from Rouge Rescue 2006
Results from Rouge Rescue 2007