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Visit Ford Rouge Plant & Ford Field Park and learn about LID techniques & Stream Bank Stabilization during the SWCS 64th International Annual Conference

This full day tour will start with a visit to the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Tour participants will get to learn about the World’s Largest Green Roof (10.4 acres) and the other Low Impact Development techniques that are installed around the factory property. 

>From there, tour participants will visit the Lower Rouge River in Ford Field Park of the City of Dearborn. The city contacted NRCS several years ago inquiring about a natural approach to addressing the severe bank erosion occurring at the site. The following techniques were demonstrated and installed: Live stakes, Brush Mattress, Brush Layers, Vegetated Geo Grids, Fascines, Brush Layer Boxes (as a production technique), native plants plantings, rock rip-rap and several erosion control fabrics.

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Time: 7 AM - 3 PM

Cost: $36 (includes lunch)

For more information on the SWCS 64th International Annual Conference, go to www.miswcs.org/5.html. The deadline for early registration for the Conference is June 2nd.



Daniel F. Kesselring, Secretary
Michigan Chapter SWCS
113 North Dr. E.
Marshall, MI 49068
Daniel.Kesselring at miswcs.org
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