Category Archives: Adventures on the Rouge

UTR named Michigan Notable Book

Posted on December 14, 2009 by hro50ta1

Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River by Joel Thurtell and Patricia Beck has won a Michigan Notable Book Award for 2010. A panel of judges picked 20 books about Michigan topics and Up the Rouge!, published by Wayne State University Press, … Continue reading →

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Cronies of the Rouge

Posted on December 4, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I was tromping alongside the Rouge River in Detroit last spring with Sally Petrella, public outreach coordinator for the nonprofit Friends of the Rouge. We were looking for junk cars that people have dumped in the river. … Continue reading →

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Unmeasuring the Rouge

Posted on November 23, 2009 by hro50ta1

The New York Times did a bang-up job today, November 23, 2009, reporting on hazardous pollution created by municipal sewer systems. Glad they found the story. This kind of national attention to a serious problem that is getting worse is … Continue reading →

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Ann Arbor Library touts ‘Up the Rouge!’

Posted on November 14, 2009 by hro50ta1

[paypal-donation] Nice commentary by the Ann Arbor District Library on our Wayne State University Press book, Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River. The book is by me, Joel Thurtell, with photos by Patricia Beck. Too bad the A2 library doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Not so friendly “Friends”

Posted on October 10, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell They call themselves “Friends of the Rouge.” Try to find out what they do, and they’re not so cordial. For instance, I’m curious about how the Rouge Report Card was compiled in 1999 and again in 2005. … Continue reading →

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Rouge book talks and signings

Posted on September 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

Sierra Club Members of the Sierra Club of Southeast Michigan will hear Detroit Free Press photographer Patricia Beck and retired Free Press reporter Joel Thurtell talk and show a video about their June 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River … Continue reading →

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Times and toxics

Posted on September 14, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell My first reaction on reading the Sunday, September 13, 2009 New York Times article on water pollution was to think, “Wow! They get it!” For years, I’ve been reporting that environmental pollution in Metro Detroit’s Rouge River is … Continue reading →

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Swim in the Rouge?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If somebody would have told me 20 years ago that the Rouge River would be fishable and swimmable most of the time, I would not have believed it, and yet we have done it. — Jim Ridgway, … Continue reading →

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“Up the Rouge!” — the audio version

Posted on June 3, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Almost there: The audio version of the Wayne State University Press book by Detroit Free Press photographer Patricia Beck and me will be for sale next week.  The audio book will be published by Hardalee Press of … Continue reading →

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Up the Rouge! at Allen Park Barnes & Noble

Posted on April 19, 2009 by hro50ta1

Next Up the Rouge! event: Monday, April 20, 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Fairlane Green, 3120 Fairlane Drive, Allen Park. Co-authors Patricia Beck and Joel Thurtell will talk about their new book, Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River. The book … Continue reading →

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