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[edit] Wet Weather Demonstration Project

Several miles of the Rouge River encased in cement.

• The Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project, as the name implies, focuses on the problems of combined sewer overflows and runoff that occur during wet weather. It's called a demonstration project because the goal is to come up with a model for dealing with these structural types of pollution.

• Partners and funders of this project include the EPA, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Wayne County Department of the Environment.

• 2005 progress report (PDF)

[edit] Friends of the Rouge

Rouge River Restoration Project

The Friends of the Rouge, a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to the restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River (Detroit area), is seeking an Assistant Program Manager for the Rouge Education Project. This is a full-time position. Click here for a job description, with contact information. The application deadline is August 3, 2007.

Friends of the Rouge is an outreach and education organization founded in 1986.

• The Watch Frogs program is a training provided by MDEQ and FOTR. The program includes trainings to help watershed dwellers identify wetlands and understand the restoration process.
  

• FOTR also does a yearly sampling of insects across many sites on the river called Benthic Monitoring (PDF)

• FOTR received an EPA grant to create a Geographic Information System (GIS) database oh habitat along the Rouge to better evaluate clean up progress.

• FOTR's yearly Rouge Rescue is a twenty-year tradition.

• Recent accomplishments include the Streambank Restoration and Stabilization project in Fairway Park, Birmingham.

Video Clip
Friends of the Rouge
00:57 Video Clip taken from an Interview with Kurk Kuban and Bill Craig at the lower branch of the Rouge River in the city of Wayne

[edit] Alliance of Rouge Communities

• Fosters cooperation and provides guidance for communities on the Rouge.

[edit] Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

The MDEQ has a hand in sewer separation projects and the protection of public health through its Combined Sewer Overflow Program.

[edit] Environmental Protection Agency

Industrial area along the riverfront in River Rouge, Michigan (taken Sept. 28, 2004). © 2004 Matthew Trump

• The EPA provides some of the funding for the Wet Weather Demonstration Project.
• Participates in Rouge River Project Policy and Steering Committees.

[edit] Army Corps of Engineers

Corps of Engineers Insignia

• Supplemental Watershed Management Study
• Dredging of the Rouge scheduled for 2006 PDF
  

[edit] Related Pages

Rouge River
Areas of Concern
Great Lakes Organizations

[edit] External Links

Friends of the Rouge
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rouge River Bird Observatory
Corps Watch