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Metro West Conservation Project
Release Date: July 9, 2009 | 
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Contact: Michele Arquette-Palermo Watershed Education and Stewardship Director
Henry Nabors, on behalf of Metro-West Steelheaders, presented an annual donation check for $1000 to Dan Keifer of the Clinton River Watershed Council - and a fellow member of MWS. Metro West and CRWC have forged a strong relationship over recent years. Metro West, CRWC and the City of Rochester Hills sponsor an annual fishing outing at Yates Dam on the Clinton River to showcase the river to more than 150 steelhead -fishing friends.
The Clinton River is a designated trout stream beginning at Yates Dam and has been managed as a type 4 stream by the DNR for more than 15 years. The fisheries program includes stocking of 20 - 25,000 yearling rainbow trout annually. These fish migrate downstream through Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie to grow and mature, returning 2 to 3 years later as 5 - 10 pound adults to spawn.
The Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed and Lake St. Clair.
The Clinton River Watershed Council provides programs and services in the areas of watershed management and stormwater education, including their well-known Stream Leaders, Adopt-A-Stream, Southeast Michigan Phase II Stormwater Information Clearinghouse, and Clinton River Coldwater Conservation Project (CRCCP) programs.
Our Metro West donation helps fund the programs and services CRWC offers to the community, environment and watershed.
Visit the CRWC web site for more information about the organization at www.crwc.org.
You can direct questions or comments to Dan at dan@crwc.org
Submitted by Henry Nabors, MWS Board Member
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair). Over 1.4 million people live in the 60 communities through which the Clinton River flows before reaching Lake St. Clair. CRWC is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing, and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
THE CLINTON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR CITIZENS, CIVIC GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES TO JOIN HANDS TO CELEBRATE LOCAL WATER RESOURCES ON RIVER DAY JUNE 13, 2009
Release Date: April 7, 2009 | Download PDF
Contact: Michele Arquette-Palermo Watershed Education and Stewardship Director
The natural, economic and recreational values of the Clinton River will be the highlight of community events and activities during the Clinton River Watershed Annual River Day celebration. Coordinated each June by the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC), River Day encourages appreciation and recreational use of the waterways of the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair. CRWC is looking for site coordinators to organize events throughout the watershed. Interested parties should visit http://www.crwc.org/crwcevents/riverday.html. for a list of suggested activities, and more information. A schedule of events is also on the website and is continuously updated.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair). Over 1.4 million people live in the 60 communities through which the Clinton River flows before reaching Lake St. Clair. CRWC is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing, and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Clinton River Watershed Council Water-wise Lawn Care for Fall & Winter Workshop In Clinton Township
Release Date: September 29, 2008 | Download PDF
Clinton Township, MI----- On Thursday, October 9, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) will hold a free Water-wise Lawn Care for Fall & Winter workshop at the Clinton Township Fire Station #5 43800 Elizabeth Clinton Township, MI 48038 from 7:00-8:00 pm. Attendees will discover how each of us can make a big difference in the health of our creeks, lakes, drains & rivers by making small changes in our fall & winter landscaping and home practices.
To learn the best types of & time for fall lawn fertilizing and more information on how protect our water resources call (248) 601-0606 or email contact@crwc.org to register. Registration is required.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, and St. Clair). From its headwaters in Springfield Township, the Clinton River travels 80 miles and eventually empties into Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township. Over 1.4 million people live in the watershed’s 60 communities. The CRWC is a non-profit environmental organization that protects, enhances, and celebrates the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Back to topKids in Creeks: Waterways Throughout the Clinton River Watershed
Release Date: September 23, 2008 | Download PDF
Students, educators, and mentors will take to the Clinton River during the first week of October as they test physical, chemical, and biological parameters of the waterways in the Clinton River watershed.
In recent history, the Clinton River was perceived as a depository of wastes. Today, healthy trout fisheries and improvements in water quality tell the story of a river making its great comeback. While there are challenges in protecting and enhancing local water quality, the Clinton River Watershed Council’s (CRWC) student monitoring program provides a way for local educators and students to actively engage with our natural resources.
The CRWC’s Stream Leaders program is the CRWC’s signature school-based monitoring program. Students from elementary, middle, and high schools participate in this hands-on outdoor lab experience. Students gain understanding of how local waterways are affected by human impact and urban sprawl. Stream Leaders learn how rain water collects pollution from impervious surfaces (driveways, roadways, and rooftops) and that water is captured by stormwater drains, leading directly to the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair.
Nearly 1,000 students will partner up with mentors from area businesses such as General Motors and Chrysler along with CRWC volunteers. This is part of an on-going partnership between schools, local businesses and civic groups to get kids connected with science in their communities. The official monitoring day is Wednesday, October 1st with locations in Lake Orion, Rochester, Sterling Heights, Oxford, Riverside Park in Auburn Hills, Yates Park ,Stony Creek and Wolcott Mill Metro Parks.
Please contact Michele Arquette-Palermo Watershed Education and Stewardship Director for schools, monitoring times and locations in your community at 248-601-0606 or Michele@crwc.org.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, and St. Clair). Over 1.4 million people live in the 60 communities through which the Clinton River flows before reaching Lake St. Clair. The CRWC is a non-profit environmental organization that protects, enhances, and celebrates the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Back to topVolunteers lend a hand to science: Waterways Throughout the Clinton River Watershed
Release Date: September 23, 2008 | Download PDF
Volunteers will take to the Clinton River during the month of October as they test physical and biological parameters of the waterways in the Clinton River watershed. The Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) sends over 30 teams of adult volunteers throughout the watershed to monitor the water quality of our local rivers, creeks and streams
In recent history, the Clinton River was perceived as a depository of wastes. Today, healthy trout fisheries and improvements in water quality tell the story of a river making its great comeback. While there are challenges in protecting and enhancing local water quality, the CRWC’s monitoring program provides a way for local residents to actively engage with our natural resources.
Adopt-A-Stream is comprised of volunteers who monitor the Clinton River and its tributaries. This stewardship on behalf of our local waterways serves as a way to preserve and protect the Clinton River watershed, which ultimately contributes to Lake St. Clair and The Great Lakes.
Adopt-A-Stream volunteers come from all walks of life, but are brought together by their concern for our local water quality, natural resources, and environment. Over 120 volunteers participate in the Adopt-A-Streamprogram throughout the Clinton River watershed.
Adopt-A-Stream is one of many ways the Clinton River Watershed Council provides public education services to local communities. Volunteers become more aware of their local water resources and are better able to understand their individual actions that affect water quality.
Monitoring teams will be out in communities across the watershed including: Auburn Hills, Clinton Township, Macomb Township, Oakland Township, Orion Township, Pontiac, Ray Township, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Shelby Township, St. Clair Shores, Sterling Heights, Troy, Village of Orion, Warren, Washington Township, and Waterford.
For more details about locations please contact Watershed Education and Stewardship Director, Michele Arquette-Palermo at 248-601-0606 or Michele@crwc.org.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, and St. Clair). Over 1.4 million people live in the 60 communities through which the Clinton River flows before reaching Lake St. Clair. The CRWC is a non-profit environmental organization that protects, enhances, and celebrates the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Back to topDan Keifer Awarded National Distinguished Service Award for Trout Unlimited
Release Date: September 5, 2008 | Download PDF
Dan Keifer, the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Clinton River Watershed Council was recently awarded the National Distinguished Service Award for Trout Unlimited for his efforts towards the Clinton River Watershed Council’s Coldwater Conservation Project. He will accept his award on September 12, 2008 at the Snowbird Resort in Utah. Dan Keifer has been instrumental in sustaining and coordinating efforts in the Clinton River Coldwater Conservation Project. He has been an invaluable asset to the Trout Unlimited goals for the project.
Dan has been a mainstay coordinating projects, meetings, and teams of individuals from the four area chapters of Trout Unlimited, partnerships that have grown beyond conservation organizations to local municipalities, county government, and a faith based organization as well as continued support from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Department of Environmental Quality.
The Clinton watershed includes three DNR designated trout streams and several more tributaries that are known to harbor trout year-round. There is an established steelhead run in the lower mainstream of the Clinton. The Clinton Valley Chapter TU has invested more than fifteen years toward habitat restoration and improvement projects on Paint Creek, the Clinton's premier designated trout stream tributary.
The Clinton River Coldwater Conservation Project has been selected by TU National as a stream improvement project for organizational development and capacity building under the Mott Grant for the Great Lakes region. A project steering committee is in place, which consists of representatives from Trout Unlimited (Challenge, Clinton Valley, Paul H. Young, and Vanguard Chapters), Clinton River Watershed Council, City of Auburn Hills, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
The Clinton River Coldwater Conservation Project teams have accumulated six years of extensive water temperature data measurements and trends, documented six years of water level and flow data, five years of macro invertebrate sampling, physical habitat surveys along the entire length of Paint Creek and the coldwater project section of the Clinton River have been completed, and a Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries assessment study. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources resumed a Brown Trout stocking program for the Clinton River coldwater project section during the past five years and increased annual stocking of Steelhead. Habitat improvements are making a difference as fishing reports and MDNR electro shocking surveys during the past two seasons are supplying information that Brown Trout are now holding over as sizes of catch are far exceeding the planted.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, and St. Clair). From its headwaters in Springfield Township, the Clinton River travels 80 miles and eventually empties into Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township. Over 1.5 million people live in the watershed’s 60 communities. The CRWC is a non-profit environmental organization that protects, enhances, and celebrates the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Back to topClinton River Watershed Council Trains Citizens to Monitor Local Water Quality
Realease Date: August 27, 2008 | Download PDF
CLARKSTON, MI----- Attn: Rescheduling Notice The Wednesday, August 27 Adopt-A-Stream training at the Independence Township Fire Hall to train new volunteers interested in monitoring local water quality has been rescheduled to Thursday, September 18, 2008 from 6:00-9:00 pm at the Independence Township Library, 6495 Clarkston Rd., Clarkston, MI 48346.
Over 100 volunteers already participate in the Adopt-A-Stream program throughout the Clinton River watershed. Interested new volunteers do not need prior experience with water quality monitoring. Adopt-A-Stream volunteers come from all walks of life, but are brought together by their concern for our local water quality, natural resources, and environment. New volunteers from all cities, villages, and townships are hoped to attend.
For registration or questions, call (248) 601-0606 or email contact@crwc.org.
Anyone interested in volunteering should plan to attend a two part training series and spend 2- 3 hours, two days a year monitoring a stream/river. Part I is an introduction to the Clinton River Watershed, why it needs to be protected and how the individual can be involved in stewardship programs throughout their watershed. Part II is streamside” training Part II will be offered on September 27, 2008 at the Waterford Township Police Dept.5150 Civic Center Dr. Waterford 48329 and in the field at the Waterford Township boat launch from 9:00am -12:30 pm. Please contact the CRWC office for details and updates: (248) 601-0606/ contact@crwc.org.
Twice a year (May and October), volunteer teams visit their adopted sites and collect data, including physical, and biological information about the health of our waterways. The data collected by these volunteers will allow CRWC to develop a long-term record of aquatic organisms, habitat quality and stream conditions that can be used by local municipalities in developing and implementing programs to protect water quality.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, and St. Clair). From its headwaters in Springfield Township, the Clinton River travels 80 miles and eventually empties into Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township. Over 1.4 million people live in the watershed’s 60 communities. The CRWC is a non-profit environmental organization that protects, enhances, and celebrates the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Back to topClinton River Watershed Council Hosts a Rain Garden and Rain Barrel Workshop In Orion Township
Release Date: August 8, 2008 | Download PDF
ORION TOWNSHIP, MI----- On Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) will hold a free Rain Gardens and Rain Barrels workshop at the Orion Township Hall at 2525 Joslyn Rd Orion Mi 48360. Attendees will discover how rain gardens help improve the water quality of our lakes, river and streams by utilizing the water from our rooftops, driveways and lawns. Rain gardens can be a beautiful, low-maintenance way to attract butterflies, birds and other beneficial wildlife. Attendees will have a chance to win a door prize worth over $100 generously donated by Smith & Hawken of Rochester Hills.
To learn how putting a rain garden on your property will help protect our water resources call (248) 601-0606 or email contact@crwc.org to register.
The Clinton River watershed covers 760 square miles through four counties (Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, and St. Clair). From its headwaters in Springfield Township, the Clinton River travels 80 miles and eventually empties into Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township. Over 1.4 million people live in the watershed’s 60 communities. The CRWC is a non-profit environmental organization that protects, enhances, and celebrates the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.
Contact: Michele Arquette-Palermo
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248) 601-0606 - michele@crwc.org