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Rouge River Gateway Ecosystem Restoration Project

The Rouge River Gateway Corridor is one of the most important natural and cultural assets of southeast Michigan. It includes the rivers final eight miles and five neighboring communities. This area has all the ingredients of a vibrant urban place: nature, culture, people, and economic strength.

Enthusiastic stakeholders, realizing the potential of an improving river environment, have combined forces to create a vision for sustainable development. The Rouge River Gateway Partnership, formed in 1999 from a diverse leadership group, represents Wayne County, five municipalities, cultural institutions, and private businesses.

Under the guidance of the Partnership, a master plan was developed that encourages people, ecology, and economy to coexist equitably and sustainably in the landscape. The plan includes a number of projects that restore relationships between the Rouge and its natural and social systems. Ecosystems are strengthened by plans for greening of the Ford Rouge Center, restoration of an oxbow at The Henry Ford: America's Greatest History Attraction, bank stabilization at Henry Ford Community College, a state funded Environmental Interpretive Center, and a fish ladder around an historic landmark dam at the Ford Fair Lane Estate on the University of Michigan - Dearborn campus. The Army Corps of Engineers is studying models for partial removal of the concrete channel to create new fish habitat and natural riverbanks.

Click on the following links to learn more about this innovative Project:

 

Rouge Gateway Overview

Rouge Gateway Partnership Brochure

EPA's Wetland and Stream Corridor Restoration Update
(reference to the Rouge Project on page 9)

Detailed Plans

Rouge Oxbow Restoration Project

2002 Honor Award-Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape
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Last Updated: 4/26/03

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The Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project is funded, in part, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grants #XP995743-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -08 and C-264000-01.