by freshysites | May 22, 2017 | General Resources, Network Blog
“You’re not only the future, you’re also the today,” Catherine Cushway tells her students. I met Catherine and her ninth grade class from C.A. Frost Environmental Science Middle High School at Teen Rally. River Network hosted its first Teen Rally as part of their...
by freshysites | May 15, 2017 | Network Blog
Once, on a road trip with friends from New York to California, I kept a list of every river and stream we crossed, starting with the Hudson. After the Delaware and the Susquehanna, we found ourselves crossing the Cowpasture River and Salt Sulphur Springs, Clinch River...
by freshysites | Nov 17, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Greenways/Blueways & Riverbank Restoration, Network Blog, Outreach & Education, Superfund sites, Water Quality
What does it mean when Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG) says that our work is driven and guided by community? This could just mean that we look at some neighborhood plans or host a public comment meeting to determine if the path we...
by freshysites | Apr 6, 2016 | General Resources, Network Blog
It really was a “Watershed Awakening”…the growing awareness and eventual decision made by Calvin College to turn its attention to Plaster Creek, the impaired creek that drains the watershed in which the college is situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Back in 2002,...