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Contact: Joan Martin Mary Wiland
Contact Address: 1100 North Main, Suite 210
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Contact Phone: 734-769-5971
Contact Email: jmartin@hrwc.org
URL: http://www.hrwc.org
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Huron River Watershed Council's Adopt-a-Stream program conducts bio-monitoring and identifies physical characteristics of sites on creeks and the river throughout the Huron River watershed. We identify macroinvertebrates to family level, surveying every April and September on a single day, and looking for winter stoneflies in January. we now monitor 40 setes and are adding more. Volunteers put on a festival in March. Three creeks have developed community protection teams that educate the pulic ...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 200
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 10:25:49 AM
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| Group Name: Michigan Natural Areas Council
Contact: Teresa Chase; Sylvia M. Taylor, PhD
Contact Address: c/o Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N. Dixboro Rd.
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-9741
Contact Phone: 313 461-9390
Contact Email: mnac@cyberspace.org
URL: http://www.cyberspace.org/~mnac/
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Michigan Natural Areas Council and the United States Forest Service have set up a 3-year cooperative project to monitor sensitive vegetation in the new Grand Island National Recreation Area. Our purpose is to insure that future plans for expansion of visitor facilities will have neede information for appropriate protection of special plants and their ecosystems.
Number of Volunteers: 15
Date Last Modified: 10/17/2008 05:34:00 PM
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| Group Name: Watershed Land Trust - Michigan
Contact: Frank Austenfeld
Contact Address: 7211 W. 98th Terr., Ste. 285
Overland Park, Kansas 66212
Contact Phone: 913-685-4600
Contact Email: frank@watershedinstitute.biz
URL: http://www.WatershedLandTrust.biz
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:The Watershed Land Trust (WLT) Is a nonprofit charitable organization which was formed to hold land in
fee simple and/or conservation easements in perpetuity. Most Land Trust's mission is to hold vast areas of
land typically in large sections. With the ability and expertise to work with any Mitigation Bank or In Lieu
Fee arrangement, the WLT is unique in that its mission and focus is to preserve watersheds, waterways,
streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and adjacent (riparian) corridors and ...MORE...
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:17:51 AM
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| Group Name: Raisin Valley Land Trust
Contact: Sybil Kolon
Contact Address: 1042 Sutton Road, Suite 3
Adrian, Michigan 49221
Contact Phone: 517-265-5599
Contact Email: skolon@rvlt.org
URL: http://www.rvlt.org
Activity:Other
Description:To preserve those natural areas, historical structures, active farmland and scenic roads that contribute to and enhance the rural nature of communities in and around the Upper River Raisin watershed; to promote public awareness of these natural features, and actively engage individuals and communities in helping to preserve them.
We monitor 4 conservation easements totaling 250 acres.
Number of Volunteers: 14
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:15:48 AM
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 | Group Name: River of Life Watershed Projects
Contact: Dolly Schenk
Contact Address: PO Box 311
Clarkston, Michigan 48347-0311
Contact Phone: 248-394-0389
Contact Email: dearschenk@aol.com
URL: http://www.watershedprojects.com
Activity:Education Project/Program, Restoration/Conservation Project, Volunteer Monitoring, Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:River of Life was established to develop Environmental Stewardship within the Interfaith communities of Michigan Watersheds, by providing
educational programs and volunteer involvement activities, which seek to restore and enhance our waterways.
Number of Volunteers: 100 +
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 09:08:13 AM
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| Group Name: Friends of the Rouge
Contact: Karen Hanna
Contact Address: 4901 Evergreen Road, 220 ASC
Dearborn, Michigan 48128
Contact Phone: 313-792-9900
Contact Email: opdir@therouge.org
URL: http://www.therouge.org
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Our mission is to promote restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River ecosystem through education, citizen involvement and other collaborative efforts, for the purpose of improving the quality of life of the people, plants and animals of the watershed. Programs include Rouge Rescue, the Rouge Education Project, Frog and Toad Survey, Benthic Monitoring, River Restoration, and Geomorphological Monitoring.
Number of Volunteers: thousands
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 09:57:37 AM
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