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The
mission of the MRWA is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural, historic
and cultural resources of the Muskegon River Watershed through educational
and scientific initiatives, while supporting positive economic development,
agricultural and quality of life initiatives of organizations working
in the river watershed.
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2002
Wild Rice Activities
November
8 & 9, 2002
The
kickoff ceremony for the MRWA Emergent Vegetation Restoration Project
took place on Friday, November 8, 2002 with a Blessing and Pipe Ceremony
by the Little River Band of the Odawa Indian Nation. Ms. Ronace Hogan
and Bunker Junior High (Muskegon) students gave a presentation of their
"Peace Art". Forty-four (44) volunteers participated in this
two-day event, casting wild rice and planting bulrushes, sedges and arrowhead
in five difference areas of Muskegon Lake and Lower River Estuary.
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