Why Friends of the Detroit River’s volunteers are key to its success

For Andrea Wilkins, the massive problem of cleaning up the Detroit River is staggering,

“To think about the huge scale is almost overwhelming,” she said. 

Wilkins is a member of the Friends of the Detroit River, a volunteer organization based in Detroit. The group started to prevent the drilling of a well near the Detroit River, but gained its footing in 1996 when it helped campaign to save Humbug Marsh, a wetland area rich in biodiversity at risk of being completely wiped out.