Anita Daley 05/09/2022 Education Neighborhoods gear up to catch plastic, one household at a time A few years ago, when microplastics in our waterways hit the news, HRWC gave away 400 Cora Balls, which are… Read More »
Anita Daley 05/06/2021 Animals Hungry Ticks and Tips The sounds of spring are wonderfully noisy: birds calling, squirrels chattering, the buzzing of sleepy bees, and woodpeckers drilling into… Read More »
Anita Daley 06/10/2020 Gardening Shout Out to Four Favorite Native Flowers Here are four of my favorite native plants that work well in rain gardens. However, if you don’t have a… Read More »
Anita Daley 04/10/2020 Cleanups Stay Safe and Give Back for Earth Day- 50 for 50 Take action to protect our home waters for Earth Day (April 22) even though we are all social distancing right… Read More »
Anita Daley 04/07/2020 Climate change Adapting to a Changing Climate A healthy functioning river system protects us from flooding and provides clean drinking water and recreational benefits. Changing temperatures and… Read More »
Anita Daley 10/16/2019 Monitoring Citizen Scientists Take to the Streams We had a great turnout last Saturday for our 2019 Fall River Roundup with 155 volunteers spreading out to 46… Read More »
Anita Daley 08/17/2019 Pollution Microplastics and You HRWC is Getting the word out about microplastics in the Huron River and Great Lakes Check out our new videos… Read More »
Anita Daley 04/18/2019 Cleanups #Trashtag Takes Off Rumor has it that Bryon Roman decided to clean up an area in his neighborhood on a whim. He posted… Read More »
Anita Daley 02/12/2019 Dams Ypsi Peninsular Dam Study Released. Let’s Talk About it. Located on the Huron River in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the Peninsular Paper Dam was originally constructed in 1867 to provide power… Read More »
Anita Daley 01/29/2019 Volunteer Thanks for the Tough Love, Stonefly Volunteers Last Saturday, while many of us were snuggled up and reading, doing chores around the house, or finding some other… Read More »
Anita Daley 09/21/2018 Restoration Norton Creek Restoration Project is Underway Exciting restoration and beautification projects are happening in Norton Creek, which resides in the Northeast area of our watershed. We… Read More »
Anita Daley 11/03/2017 Education Shred, Gather, or Clear: How to Get Rid of Autumn Leaves We’re just past Autumn’s peak color burst and it’s time to properly deal with all the leaves left on the… Read More »