Wyandotte Roosevelt Students Testing Rouge River Water Quality

Wyandotte Roosevelt High School students will join forces with more than 2,000 students from Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw counties to collect water quality data for the Rouge River.

From May 1-15 students will continue a 26-year tradition of performing chemical tests, assessing aquatic life, and examining physical streambank condition throughout the Rouge River watershed, according to a Friends of the Rouge release.

Students from kindergartners to seniors are participating in a program called the Rouge Education Project, which was created by the Friends of the Rouge River in Dearborn.

The Friends of the Rouge River promote the 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 for the people, plants, and animals of the watershed, according to the non-profit's mission statement.

Contact Cassie Bradley 313-792-9626 for more information.

*The above information was provided by Friends of the Rouge.

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