Michigan State University students clean up Red Cedar River

May 13 2010 Guest Contributor One Comment

The Red Cedar River adds beauty to Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus. But the river can also become polluted with trash and other items as it runs runs through a campus of more than 47,000 students. The university’s Fisheries and Wildlife club recently hosted a day where volunteers cleaned up the river.

This video is produced by Michigan State University students Justin Smith and Aaron Miller.

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© 2010, Great Lakes Echo, Michigan State University Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. Republish under these guidelines. Reporting supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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  • Andy said:

    A partnership between Landscape Services and the Institute of Water Research at MSU started “grow zones” along the banks to slow the filtration of storm water runoff.

    Video here

    Thanks for letting me share

    Andy Balaskovitz
    Environmental Science and Policy Program
    Michigan State University

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