Nichol De Mol on July 11th, 2012

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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Dave DeJonge on April 10th, 2012

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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Nichol De Mol on August 29th, 2011

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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Nichol De Mol on April 5th, 2011

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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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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