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Current Events

Master Composter Training Program

Date: Mondays, March 12 through Monday, April 30, 2012
Time: 6:45pm to 8:30pm
Location: Bloomfield Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Road
Cost: $35.00 (fee includes SOCWA Master Composter Notebook and Master Composter name badge)

Class requirements: Attend 6 classes; build a working compost pile; complete written assignments; and open book final exam. Volunteer 12 hours of time between March & October 2012.

Call or email SOCWA to register: (248) 546-5818, LFDean@aol.com

Spring Bug Hunt

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Environmental Interpretive Center, U-M Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn
Registration: Required by April 5. Email or call FOTR at: monitoring@therouge.org; (313) 792-9621

Have fun and help Friends of the Rouge assess the health of the Rouge River by joining a team of volunteers to search for critters in the streambed.
**No experience is necessary. Children are welcome when accompanied by one adult per child.

Volunteers Needed - Rouge Rescue '12

Birmingham - Quarton Lake Waterfall
Help us Plant the Birmingham Urban Habitat Garden

Saturday, June 2, 2012
9:00am to 12:00pm
Between W. Maple & Baldwin Avenue, Birmingham
Parking will be available on Millrace Rd.
For more information contact Connie Folk, Recreation Coordinator at: (248) 530-1642, Cfolk@bhamgov.org

Beverly Hills - Planting Native Gardens at Riverside Park

Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00am to 1:00pm
Riverside Drive just east of Evergreen Road, Beverly Hills
For details, contact Heather Huffstutler at:  (248) 601-2816, hhuffstutler@sixriverslc.org

Douglas Evans Nature Preserve Invasive Plant Removal

Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00am to 12:00pm
Evergreen Road on west side between 13 & 14 Mile Rds, Beverly Hills
For more information, contact Erin Wilks at:  (248) 646-6404 Ext. 229, ewilks@VillageBeverlyHills.com

Flyer - Rouge Rescue '12