Opportunities for volunteers to join the effort to maintain and plant trees and protect the Lower Rouge River floodplain have been scheduled all summer in the Inkster area, a spokesman from the group explained.
Upcoming events designed to help preserve the local ecosystem are listed and registration to volunteer are listed at: https://therouge.org/rr-events/categories/4-act-trees/.
Friends of the Rouge is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1986 to raise awareness about the need to clean up the Rouge River in southeast Michigan. The mission of the group is the restoration, protection and enhancement of the Rouge River watershed through stewardship, education, and collaboration.
The next volunteer work project is set for 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. this Saturday, May 6. Volunteers will be planting trees along the Lower Rouge River in the Inkster area. Tree planting in the same area is scheduled again from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. next Wednesday, May 10; Thursday, May 11 and Friday, May 12.
The group of volunteers is also planning to work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the same times in the same area.
They will also work from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 20.
The volunteer efforts will continue the same weekdays through Saturday, June 3., officials said.
