Tag Archives: Adventures on the Rouge

Fox 2 plans re-do of 2005 Free Press canoe trek

Posted on June 1, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell A reporter and a photographer paddling the Rouge River over five days in the first week of June, renting their canoe from a Milford livery and refusing help from establishment environmental and river friends groups. Their aim … Continue reading →

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UP THE ROUGE! and REI Paddlefest

Posted on May 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’ll be talking about the adventure of canoeing an urban river Saturday, May 14 at 11 a.m. in the REI store in Northville Township. The stream I’ll be discussing, of course, is the Rouge River in metro … Continue reading →

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Book talks: ‘UP THE ROUGE!’ & ‘SEYDOU’

Posted on March 10, 2011 by hro50ta1

Northville District Library, 7 p.m., April 13. Joel Thurtell will lecture on the 27-mile canoe trip he made in 2005 with Patricia Beck up the Rouge River. Their journey was the subject of a Wayne State University Press book, UP … Continue reading →

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Sham environmentalism

Posted on March 8, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’ve got to hand it to Friends of the Rouge and the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority. When it comes to finding ways to waste money on high-gloss publicity stunts while ignoring the need for ongoing evaluation and … Continue reading →

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Crappy meeting

Posted on February 23, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If you’re concerned about pollution in the Rouge and Detroit Rivers, there’s an important meeting tonight. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment will be discussing changes in permits for pollution levels the government will allow at … Continue reading →

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Florent Tillon’s ‘bonus’

Posted on August 9, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell French filmmaker Florent Tillon e-mailed the “bad news”: Instead of including our July 2009 motorboat trip up the Rouge River as part of his main feature movie, “Detroit Wild City,” he turned our river excursion into a … Continue reading →

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Turning rain into smoke

Posted on July 12, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Mostly, I let people post comments on JOTR without adding my two cents. Now and then, though, a comment will contain some quality that seems to cry out for my reaction. It may be very interesting, very … Continue reading →

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‘Up the Rouge!’ lectures and photo exhibits

Posted on April 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

UP THE ROUGE! photo exhibits, lectures with video: St. Clair Shores Public Library, Wednesday, April 7, 7p.m.; 22500 Eleven Mile Road, St. Clair Shores; (586) 771-9020; lecture and video Monroe County Community College, Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., 1555 S. Raisinville Rd., Monroe;  lecture … Continue reading →

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Metro Times reviews ‘Up the Rouge!’

Posted on January 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

Somehow, we missed a very kind notice of Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River in Detroit’s Metro Times newspaper. The review of our book was the lead section of a roundup story by Michael Jackman in the November 25, 2009 issue of … Continue reading →

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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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