Rouge in The News!

Here you can find information, press announcements on projects and pertinent articles and videos related to the Rouge River Watershed along with our partner organizations and watersheds in Southeast Michigan.

Exciting Things in & Around The Rouge River

The Detroit News: Lack of disposal space hampers dredging of toxic sediment in Detroit, Rouge Rivers

September 29, 2025

CBS News Detroit: Rouge & Detroit Waterway HOW Tour

August 20, 2025

The Detroit News: How the once polluted Rouge River is being reinvented as pathway for trails, recreation

November 29, 2024

Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) - Regional Showcase Award: Wayne County recognized with SEMCOG's 2024 Regional Showcase Award, Ford Fair Lane Estate Fishway project restores habitat, creates recreational opportunities

July 1, 2024

Dearborn Press and Guide: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Alliance of Rouge Communities talk about restoring waterways

October 15, 2023

ARC Newsletter Article: Water Quality Solutions

December, 2023

Detroit Free Press: A small, troubled, Henry Ford-created lake in Wayne County is getting a makeover

July 14, 2022

ARC Newsletter Article: Business Owners - protect water quality inside, outside & under your building!

December, 2022

C & G Newspapers: State Group Names Tamarack Creek Restoration Project of the Year

June 29, 2022

GLRI Johnson Creek and Tamarack Creek Restoration in Rouge River Area of Concern

June 16, 2022

WXYZ Channel 7 EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Reforestation along the Lower Rouge For more info on the project check out this PDF

May 9, 2022

C & G Newspapers: Southfield Tamarack Creek restoration project makes headway, to continue into 2022 For More info check out this PDF

December 9, 2021

ARC Newsletter Article: Let’s All Dispose of Fats, Oils & Grease (FOG) Properly

November 23, 2021

EGLE: Sediment sampling to begin in Detroit, Rouge rivers For More info check out this PDF

September 1, 2021

Greatlakesnow.org: Great Lakes Moment: Sugar Island is getting an ecological makeover

August 2, 2021

Hometown Life: What lurks in eerily-dark tunnel that guides 1,200 feet of river under Northville Downs?

March 26, 2021

GLRI: Oxbow Wetland Restoration Project Completed in Rouge River Area of Concern

February 23, 2021

ARC Newsletter Article: When It Comes to Household Chemicals – Change Is A Good Thing!

December 2020

City of Northville: Johnson Creek restoration at Fish Hatchery Park-Native plants, fish passage will make a difference

October 5, 2020

Northville Twp.: Million-dollar Makeover Begins on Johnson Creek at Fish Hatchery Park

August 18, 2020

GLRI: EPA announces $4.2 million for habitat restoration work at Rouge River Area of Concern

July 28, 2020

GLRI: Tlaib, Dingell Applaud EPA Funding of Rouge River Restoration

June 10, 2020

GLRI: EPA announces over $1.8 million for habitat restoration work at Rouge River Area of Concern

May 19, 2020

ARC Newsletter Article: Brine instead of Rock Salt to Protect Water Quality!

December 2019

ARC Newsletter Article: What is a Watershed & What Does it Have to do with Me?

December 2019

Detroit News: Officials celebrate restoration of southeast Michigan river systems

October 2019

Detroit News: Michigan's Senators Push for Hike in Great Lakes Cleanup Aid

August 2019

Tamarack Creek Slated for Restoration

December 2018

GLRI: More Success in the Rouge River AOC: Oxbow Restoration Phase 3

November 28, 2018

GLRI: Restoration of Fish Passage at the Henry Ford Estate Dam – Rouge River Area of Concern

November 2018

GLRI: Dredging the Lower Rouge River Old Channel to Begin in 2019

October 2018

US Army Corps of Engineers: Environmental cleanup to remove sediment, debris in Lower Rouge River will begin soon

October 2018

This Week in Dearborn with Mayor O'Reilly - Fishway Project at The Henry Ford Estate

August 3, 2018

Detroit Free Press: Rouge River fish to get exclusive freeway at Ford's Fair Lane Estate

July 3, 2018

Hometown Life: Stabenow visits Wayne to highlight success in improving waterways like the Rouge River

August 7, 2017

Issue Media Group: Battling pollution's legacy in metro Detroit's 'Areas of Concern' waterways

March 24, 2016

Aquatic Invasive Species Newsletters - Michigan's Invasive Species Program has developed a comprehensive website providing information about existing and potential invasive species threatening our natural resources. The website, a collaborative effort of the Michigan Departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality, and Agriculture & Rural Development, includes a catalog containing identifying photos and reporting information.

March 2016

Detroit News: Two Detroit area rivers get aid to restore habitats

August 21 2015