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METRO DETROIT — Insects don’t bug the Friends of the Rouge. In fact, at the FOTR, they welcome what most consider to be pests. Every year since 1998, the group has been collecting insect samples in the winter, spring and fall. In 2001, the Friends’ monitoring manager, Sally Petrella, looked to other local conservation groups to see how they conducted similar studies
with larger volunteer rates. Reworking their current sampling model, the Friends then began a group sampling model and started providing training to their volunteers. Now, the spring and fall Bug Hunts, and the winter Stonefly Search draw over 100 volunteers, from college students to citizen scientists, local environmentalists and others curious about what lies beneath the surface of the Rouge. With 27 sites to inspect for various species such as aquatic insects, snails, clams, mayfly larva, dragonfly larva and See BUG HUNTS on page 8A Photo by Erin Sanchez
Kelly McCabe, of Ann Arbor, looks for bugs and tests water from the Rouge River in Southfield April 15. In the background are Anna Boegehold, of Dearborn, and her cousin, Serena Boegehold, of Clinton Township.
Event to raise money, ‘WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE A PERFECT NEW HOME’ awareness for Turning Point Dolls take up residence in local mailbox
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Last summer, Orchard Lake resident Don R. Powell discovered that two dolls, Mary and Shelley, had taken up residence in his custom-made mailbox.
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