GLIN==> Celebrate Water Week in the Clinton River Watershed

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Clinton River Watershed Council


101 Main Street, Suite 100, Rochester MI 48307

Phone  248-601-0606    Fax  248-601-1280

E-mail  contact at crwc.org    Web  www.crwc.org

For immediate release:
Contact: Michele Arquette-Palermo 

June 5, 2009
Phone: 248-601-0606

 

CITIZENS, CIVIC GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES JOIN HANDS TO CELEBRATE LOCAL WATER
RESOURCES ON RIVER DAY 2009

 

            The Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) along with its fellow
members of Southeast Michigan Partners for Clean Water announces the fifth
annual Water Week June 6-14. Water Week celebrates our abundant water
resources in Southeast Michigan through recreation, education, and
stewardship activities. As part of Water Week CRWC will host its 12th Annual
River Day Event on June 13, 2009. The natural, economic and recreational
values of the Clinton River will be the highlight of events and activities
taking place in over 30 communities across Macomb and Oakland counties. 

 

            River Day coordinated each June by CRWC encourages appreciation
and recreational use of the waterways of the Clinton River and Lake St.
Clair.  It celebrates the leadership of local citizens, organizations, and
communities whose efforts are critical to protecting and enhancing the
overall water quality of the Clinton River watershed.  Events range from the
uppermost parts of the watershed in Oakland County's Springfield Township
and Oakland Township where the branches of southeast Michigan's most
populous river system begin; all the way to the mouth of the river in Macomb
County's Harrison Township where the river meets Lake St. Clair.

            More than 1,500 people will participate in over 40 different
events, from fishing derbies, flytying lessons and naturalist-led hikes to
park and trail stewardship. The event coincides with Michigan's Free Fishing
Weekend, creating more reasons to explore and enjoy local waterways and
trails. "River Day" encourages adults and children alike to discover and
enjoy the waterways right in their own neighborhoods," said Anne Vaara,
Executive Director of CRWC.  "There is something for everyone to learn from
and to enjoy in our local outdoors.walk, bike, run, fish, plant, play.


            

The full list of the Clinton River Watershed events that occur from June 6-
June 14 is available in a printed Event Guide available by calling CRWC's
office; and online at the website, www.crwc.org.  

 

            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.

 

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