News & Events
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Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River
Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been […]
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Amid Heavy Industry, Canada’s Newest (and Tiniest) National Park
The creation of an urban national park on an unprepossessing parcel of land in the automaking hub of Windsor, Ontario, […]
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DNR Summer Youth Program opens up new worlds
Under a powder-blue sky dotted with cotton-like clouds, the four wader-clad students walked near the lake’s edge, slowly gliding their […]
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Can Detroit students see themselves in their course work? District wants them to weigh in.
Esther Launstein, Chalkbeat Detroit, August 1, 2024
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Michigan, Canada officially connected by North America’s longest cable-stayed bridge
It’s not open yet, but the Gordie Howe International Bridge has just become an official border crossing, connecting Michigan and […]
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Can Detroit students see themselves in their course work? District wants them to weigh in
In August, students in the state’s biggest school district will form a group to weigh in on the district’s social […]
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Students from Belle Isle program build their own boat. Now they look to sail it
Eight middle school students returned to Belle Isle this summer for another year of sailing lessons. But a few months […]
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Young Detroiters discover water-linked educational and career pathways at Detroit River Youth Career Expo
Lavonnes Bolds, a forestry student in his final year at Michigan State University, was one young person who attended the […]
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How Black Journalists in Detroit and Canada Have Passed their Pens Along the River
Saarthak Johri and Courtney DuChene, Telegram Newspaper, June 27, 2024
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Why Friends of the Detroit River’s volunteers are key to its success
Brady McKillop, Planet Detroit, June 20, 2024
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Bronx program teaches students how to build and sail boats
“Rocking the Boat” is an organization in the Bronx that teaches high school kids how to build and sail wooden […]
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Invasive species an ongoing risk tied to Great Lakes maritime transport
Charlotte Parent, Bridge Detroit, May 26, 2024
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Maritime trade poses environmental risks along Detroit River
Growing up in one of the state’s most polluted ZIP codes, Southwest Detroit resident Theresa Landrum has fought for decades […]
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Maritime trade poses environmental risks along Detroit River
Charlotte Parent, Bridge Detroit, May 22, 2024
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Iconic Clearwater nonprofit faces financial ‘disaster’ that could pull it under
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, started by Pete Seeger in the 1960s, is fighting to keep its emblematic ship and education […]
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New waterfront cultural arts destination coming to Detroit’s Little Village
Multiple boat storage and service facilities lining the Detroit River are transforming into Stanton Yards, a forthcoming waterfront arts destination […]
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Place-based education event connects Wind River youth to land, elders, and community
On a bright Wednesday morning, forty or so sleepy-eyed high school students from Wyoming Indian High School sit at folding […]
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Gordie Howe International Bridge becomes part of binational trail system
Imagine if the world’s longest trail (located in Canada) connected people even further, into another country, via Michigan’s longest trail. […]
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How Coleman Young transformed Detroit’s Riverfront, starting with Chene Park
As we celebrate the completion of the Riverwalk to include the link along the former Uniroyal site adjacent to the […]
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What the Bridges to Windsor Represent to Detroit
In 1929, the longest suspended central span bridge in the world at that time – The Ambassador Bridge – was […]
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Lest we forget: a history of Detroit River oil pollution
Today, the Detroit River is much cleaner, and sentinel wildlife species have returned. It is good to look back at […]
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Grosse Ile’s Hennepin Point is full of toxic waste. Is it a threat to wildlife and humans?
The terrain covering Grosse Ile’s Hennepin Point, at first blush, appears like any other of the myriad areas around Michigan’s […]
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Boblo boat loses national historic designation
The fire that tore through the Boblo boat Ste. Claire in 2018 destroyed the century-old ship’s historic wooden superstructure, but […]
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A River Runs Through Us — and with it, Countless Stories
Virtually hidden behind grimy industrial sites, unsightly infrastructure and bland parking lots, the Detroit River was practically an afterthought for […]
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Creating a green oasis in southwest Detroit
Southwest Detroit has long been known for its heavy industry. In recent years, the Boynton and Oakwood Heights neighborhoods have […]
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Learning the Ropes
U-M undergraduate Meghan Wysocki describes her summer internship experience with Inland Seas and the school ship learning station she developed […]
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Installations by Theaster Gates and James Little reinvigorate riverfront park in Memphis
The public space on the banks of the Mississippi, which honors a Black skiff boat operator who saved 32 people […]
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Q&A: Manager of Detroit River refuge on downriver’s ‘awesome’ wildlife viewing
Dan Kennedy, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge manager, lights up when he talks about a rare orchid that can be […]
