Category: Rogue River

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...

Thanks to Howard Meyerson of the GR Press for coming out to our Rogue River Celebration with Kevin Feenstra a couple weeks back. He wrote an outstanding article about the event. Check it out and pass it along to those who might be interested.

I recently gave a presentation to the East Rockford Middle School Earth Keepers Program.  They have been learning about stormwater in their group.  Here is an article in the Rockford Independent that talks about rain barrels and a little about the Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative project http://www.rockfordindependent.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=47&ArticleID=3473&TM=56409.27.

Information on the Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative project has now been posted on the Trout Unlimited website.  Check it out at http://www.tu.org/conservation/watershed-restoration-home-rivers-initiative/rogue-river.

I have been asked by the Rogue River Watershed Council to present information about the Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative project at their Annual Meeting.  The meeting is open to the public and will be held on December 1st at 7:00 p.m. at the Rockford Community Cabin.

The Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative Project is featured in the Rockford Squire this week.  Take a look… http://rockfordsquire.com/2010/11/04/rogue-chosen-among-nation-for-restoration/

SWMTU raised $315,000 from major local donors that include the Wege Foundation, Frey Foundation, Wolverine Worldwide Foundation, along with individual and chapter donations. The money will pay for staff and to set up the local Home River office for the Rogue River.