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News to Us
How much water is needed to produce the food we eat? HRWC’s work has been highlighted in some news recently covering volunteer stream monitoring and the significance of water to Michigan’s economy. In...
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River Roundup Results Reviewed: October 2016
Picking a huge log is always great for group bonding. Seriously! Credit: Ellen Rambo Aquatic insect sampling on the Huron River and its creeks Thanks to 154 volunteers who contributed approximately 600...
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2016 Results Are In! (at least some of them)
Watershed tour stop showing phosphorus levels at sites on South Ore Creek In January, HRWC staff and volunteers got together to celebrate another successful season of data collection. Call it a...
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News to Us
HRWC Volunteer searches for stoneflies. Credit: John Lloyd This edition of News to Us shares articles on HRWC’s annual Stonefly Search, the recovery of Michigan raptors and a significant dam removal on...
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Volunteers on the Lookout for Exotic Aquatic Plants
Lake monitoring in Oakland County! For 14 years, HRWC has worked with lake residents across Michigan through the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) by training and assisting them with...
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River Roundup 2020 Wrap up
The fall River Roundup was a great success thanks to a dedicated group of veteran volunteers and a little extra planning! After canceling our spring Roundup in April due to COVID-19 , we were excited...
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A Successful River Roundup
Eighty volunteers joined HRWC’s Spring River Roundup on Saturday, April 17, sampling macroinvertebrates (small aquatic bugs) at 42 sites along the Huron River and its tributaries. Macroinvertebrates...
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How to Stop Loving our Lakes to Death
Monitoring and management is key Bruce Lichliter, a volunteer on Big Glen Lake, collects a chlorophyll-a sample. Credit: MiCorps Michigan is the land of 11,000 lakes. Indeed, our state is nearly...
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Twenty Years of Volunteer Water Sampling
Chemistry and Flow program grows and changes HRWC’s Chemistry and Flow Monitoring Program (“Chem and Flow”), formerly the Water Quality Monitoring Program, entered its 20th year this season! The...
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Thirty Years of Bugs and Citizen Science
HRWC is celebrating 30 years of River Roundups, our macroinvertebrate monitoring program! In 1992, a group of pioneering staff and volunteers first stuck their nets into flowing water and dumped...
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