Friends of the Rouge

I remember helping to clean the Rouge River up when I was younger. Living on the east side of the state, meant two things: we were super close to Lake Erie and we were super close to the Rouge River and it's tributaries. The reason the Rouge River and tourism even go together is because the Rouge River flows into the Detroit River which flows into Lake Erie. If the Rouge River isn't clean it creates a massive domino effect, causing Lake Erie to also not be clean. An unclean lake does not attract tourists. Many people flock to the Great Lakes because of how clean they are.

Friends of the Rouge help fix this problem by organizing clean up events and also by raising awareness. "Friends of the Rouge has been working to promote restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River watershed for 30 years" (Friends of the Rouge). On their website you can see all of their events and their progress. If we continue to clean up the Rouge, Lake Erie will be a lot cleaner which will in end bring more tourism to Michigan.