A group of students in home school programs in the Rogue River watershed have been connecting with Trout Unlimited in recent months by helping out the Home Rivers Initiative.
Category: Home River
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Rogue River featured on WZZM TV
Nichole Stout and Jeff Edwards got a chance to represent the Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative and SWMTU on WZZM TV's "Aaron's Adventure: trout fishing on the Rogue River."
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Rogue River clean up
Date: 9/7/13 Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm Please join us in cleaning up the Rogue River! Volunteers will canoe, kayak, or walk along riverbanks above and below the dam cleaning up the river. A free lunch will be provided for all volunteers. The Kent Conservation District will screen drinking water well samples during lunch for nitrates....
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Fall in-stream work projects – volunteers needed
Three great projects need your help to protect the cold water streams in West Michigan.
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Rogue River project awarded DEQ grant
The Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative Project was just awarded $66,000 through the Michigan DEQ Nonpoint Source Program to educate planning commissions on the placement and proper use of storm water practices in the Rogue River Watershed. The project will begin in the fall of 2012. This is just one part of $3 million in...
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TU’s “On the Rise” TV show features Rogue River this week
SWMTU is featured on the Sportsman Channel this week in the show "Trout Unlimited On The Rise". Look for the Chapter's work on the Rogue River Home River Initiative with appearances by JR Hartman and Glen Blackwood.
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Fall Rogue River Stream Insect Sampling Event
Do you want to know what the water quality of the Rogue River and its streams are? Then come and join us in collecting stream insects. Stream insects are a good measure of water quality since many are pollutant sensitive and can be rapidly identified. Volunteers will be assigned a monitoring group and will work...
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Insect Monitoring This Weekend
Do you want to know what the water quality of the Rogue River and its streams are? Then come and join us in collecting stream insects. Stream insects are a good measure of water quality since many are pollutant sensitive and can be rapidly identified. Volunteers will be assigned a monitoring group and will work...
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Did you know that restoring wetlands on your property can put “cash” in your pocket?
Do you own property that was historically wet but the natural drainage has been altered by the installation of ditches or agricultural drain tiles? Do you own marginal agricultural land that is often difficult to plant in the spring or harvest in the fall because of wetness? Are you interested in receiving technical assistance and...
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Rogue River Clean-Up Event
When your walking along the Rogue River the last thing you want to see are wads of old fishing line, candy bar wrappers, and plastic shopping bags. Come out and help us clean up this litter along 3 miles of the Rogue River just downstream from the Rockford Dam: Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011 Time:...