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We bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams in the Great Lakes.

11/04/2026

👇This is what a river champion looks like.

🪏We’re grateful to the 40+ volunteers who came out last month to plant 150 native trees along Michigan’s Pilgrim River.

🌲This planting is part of a larger river restoration project to improve aquatic habitat in the Pilgrim River that was impacted by the destructive 2018 Father’s Day flood.

🤝This project is made possible by community partners including Copper Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Michigan Technological University and is funded in part by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Sustain Our Great Lakes program.

📸: Mary Ahles | M K Studios LLC

10/27/2026

Our Wisconsin team has been busy this fall monitoring coaster brook trout on the Lake Superior coast!

Danielle, Willow, and Ben are surveying many miles of Lake Superior tributaries to collect lengths, weights, and fin clips of brook trout we find in Lake Superior-connected streams.

Genetic information obtained from the fin clips will shed light on whether the fish we find in the field have spent any of their recent time in Lake Superior.

We’ll then use this information to examine patterns among the streams these coaster brook trout call home and locate potential areas for restoration.

Stay tuned for more updates from the field this fall!

10/26/2026

Road-stream crossing projects are a win-win for healthy rivers and resilient communities. There’s no better example of that than in Wisconsin’s Peshtigo River watershed where we recently toured projects to learn about how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is providing a critical funding foundation to help advance large, complex infrastructure projects.

By working with partners like the U.S. Forest Service - Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Forest County Land & Water Conservation, and the Town of Armstrong Creek, we are identifying our overlapping priorities to implement projects that solve road safety issues, help rural communities fund expensive road projects, reduce flooding risk, and improve watershed health and connectivity.

Thanks to our partners as well as John Foss of Senator Ron Johnson’s office for joining us for this field tour and getting a firsthand look at the impact of the GLRI on rural Wisconsin communities.

Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition

10/26/2026

Protecting and restoring the rivers and streams that sustain our communities takes a village, and we’re grateful to community partners like ITC Holdings Corp. that join us in our mission to champion the freshwater we all rely on.

This year, we partnered with ITC Holdings Corp. to plant native Michigan species along coldwater streams in Oceana County to restore important streambank habitat.

Thanks to ITC Holdings Corp. for their commitment to environmental stewardship in Great Lakes communities 👏

10/23/2026

Few stream insects are as spooky as the hellgrammite🔥 but did you know they are indicators of clean, healthy rivers and streams?

Thanks to Chicago Botanic Garden for the ultimate jack o’ lantern inspiration!

10/21/2026

Thank you to Congressman John Moolenaar for joining us in the field this week to tour projects on Bigelow Creek that are reconnecting the watershed and improving community safety through upgraded road infrastructure.

This work is made possible thanks to funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and we thank Congressman Moolenaar for his support of GLRI funding reauthorization.

Shout out to our project partners who have been instrumental in this work including U.S. Forest Service Huron-Manistee NF, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the Newaygo County Road Commission.

Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition

10/16/2026

A haunted house but it’s just bad culverts fragmenting watersheds 👻

10/07/2026

🗞️There’s been some good news coming out of Washington, D.C. this past week as the U.S. Senate passes two key measures with major water implications:

🌊The bipartisan Floodplain Bill passed the Senate, cutting red tape and simplifying the pathway for commonsense ecosystem restoration

🐟The Senate also advanced the reauthorization of the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, putting the successful program on solid footing through 2030

📜Both bills have companion legislation in the House of Representatives, and we urge the House to move quickly to pass the critically important legislation before the end of the year

👏Thanks to the champions of these bills who are prioritizing clean water and healthy rivers for all Americans. Shout out to Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH), and Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) for their leadership in moving forward the GLRI Reauthorization as well as Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Congressman Downing (R-MT), Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR), and Congressman Bryan Steil (R-WI) for their backing of the Floodplain legislation.

10/02/2026

📸🍂Autumn leaves + waterfall hikes + coaster brook trout surveys = a quintessential UP fall for TU field techs Sadie, Sebastian, and Jack

09/24/2026

🌲Join the Pilgrim River Tree Army!

🪏We need your help to plant trees along the Pilgrim River in Houghton, MI next month:

📆Saturday, Oct 17
📆Thursday, Oct 22
📍Nara Nature Park
⏰10AM

💧Volunteers will plant native tree species which will help clean and cool the water, provide woody habitat, stabilize banks, and support native plant diversity over invasive species.

🥪This event is family-friendly and lunch will be provided. Please secure a free ticket at the links below so we can plan accordingly!

🎟️10/17: https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Pilgrim-River-Tree-Planting-1-133379

🎟️10/22: https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Pilgrim-River-Tree-Planting-2-133382

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