• MDEQ staff with responsibilities to implement the RAP and assess restoration progress;
• a Rouge program office created for the Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project;
• technical advisory groups;
• a steering committee to oversee implementation activities with the voluntary stormwater permit;
• Rouge River Advisory Council RRAC to advise the MDEQ and assist in updating and implementing the RAP. The advisory council includes representatives of industry, environmental interests, citizens, universities, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, local and county governments, and parks and health departments.

Detroit River-Western Lake Michigan Indicator Project

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Detroit District

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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

• industry
• environmental interests
• citizens
• universities
• the Natural Resources Conservation Service
• local and county governments
• parks
• health departments

Friends of the Rouge is a nonprofit organization that was founded to raise awareness about the need to clean up the Rouge River. It promotes restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River ecosystem through education, citizen involvement and other collaborative efforts.

The Alliance of Rouge Communities is a nonprofit voluntary public watershed entity. Its members include municipal governments, counties, educational institutions and other organizations. It encourages watershed-wide cooperation and mutual support to meet water quality permit requirements and to restore beneficial uses of the Rouge River.

SEMCOG works with local watershed groups and member governments to provide technical assistance on watershed management issues and regulatory requirements within their jurisdictions.