Up the Rouge! : : Paddling Detroit's Hidden River

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Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Day one: Wind tunnel -- Day two: Logjams -- Day three: Water birds -- Day four: Hip boots and life jackets -- Day five: Jam today -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Rouge river data -- Appendix B: Things to take -- Who we are.
From the Publisher: Chronicles in words and pictures a five-day trip made by two Detroit Free Press journalists up the abused Rouge River in metro Detroit.

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Fascinating Book submitted by ValerieL on July 27, 2014, 3:11pm I originally picked this book up because I left the book I was currently reading at home and I needed something to read on my lunch hour. I found it to be a fascinating account of the author & photographer's 5 days on the Rouge River. Very few people in current times have ever canoed the Rouge River because the pollution and debris jams make it almost impossible. Millions of dollars have been spent on making the Rouge River less polluted, but as you'll see in this book, there's still a lot of work left to be done.

The photographs in this book are fabulous. A wide array of scenes from wildlife to the wooded banks of the river to some of the pollution that can be observed. If you are at all interested in rivers, canoeing, wildlife or ecology, I recommend this book for future reading. I really enjoyed it.

A forgotten river submitted by slugwhisperer on August 14, 2014, 8:50pm Interesting account of a journey up the Rouge River. Even though a million people live in it's watershed, very few see it up close. Find out why.