PERE MARQUETTE

The Pere Marquette Watershed Council partners with local colleges and universities to complete smaller bank stabilization and river clean-up projects. The Council obtains grant monies to fund the material cost of the projects, while the manpower is completed with volunteer student labor... PMWC has been joined by eager adventuresome college students from the Ferris State University Honors Program (FSU) on several projects. The students have provided enthusiasm and manpower where cost or inaccessibility has limited other approaches. In the case of the Custer Township Park completed in 2006, nearly 100 cubic yards of stone needed to be placed and arranged along a degraded public access site. PMWC member Dave Gibbs provided the heavy equipment necessary to move the stone to the river's edge, while students rolled the rocks in place. The project received a $2,500 grant from Dow Chemical, $1,000 donation from PMWC with the remaining funds being covered by Custer Township.

Also known as: Pere Marquette Watershed Council, PMWC

Primary location: Baldwin United States