2012 - Fall - Friends of the Jordan River

PO Box 412 • East Jordan, MI 49727
PHONE/FAX: 231.536.9947
www.friendsofthejordan.org
EMAIL: foj@friendsofthejordan.org
2 JORDAN VALLEY VOICES • FALL 2012
Monitoring
the
Jordan
FOJ
members
collect
macroinvertebrate
(aquatic
insects
and
crustaceans)
samples
from
the
Jordan
River
twice
each
year
as
part
of
Tip
of
the
Mitt
Watershed
Council’s
Volunteer
Stream
Monitoring
Program.
The
macroinvertebrates
are
then
sorted,
identified
and
entered
into
a
database.
Since
certain
species
of
aquatic
insects
are
susceptible
to
even
small
changes
in
water
quality,
identifying
the
types
of
insects
can
help
determine
the
overall
health
of
the
river
and
identify
any
changes
or
potential
problem
areas.
The
Jordan
has
consistently
been
one
of
the
healthiest
rivers
in
Northern
Michigan.
Those
braving
a
chilly
September
Sunday
were
John
Teesdale,
above
with
Lynne
Goodwin,
John
Richter
at
left
in
waders,
and
Anne
Zukowski.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. John Richter, President
Ray Bier, Vice President
John Teesdale, Treasurer
Anne Zukowski, Secretary
Jo Anne Beemon, Executive-at-Large
Dennis Choate
Keeping
Michigan
Pure
The
Friends
of
the
Jordan
did
their
part
last
month
picking
up
trash
along
its
two
miles
of
M­66
south
of
Graves
Crossing,
the
last
scheduled
sweep
of
the
year.
The
FOJ
does
the
cleanup
in
spring,
summer
and
fall.
FOJ
and
the
rest
of
some
3,200
volunteer
groups
across
the
state
saved
taxpayers
$1.5
million
in
cleanup
costs
in
2011,
covering
7,200
miles
of
state
highways
andcollecting
75,000
bags
of
trash,
according
to
the
Michigan
Department
of
Transportation.
Working
the
most
recent
cleanup
in
September
were
Joe
Nerone,
Jim
Peters,
Lynne
Goodwin
and
Tim
Goodwin.
The
good
news:
tourism
was
up
this
year,
but
the
trash
seemed
down,
at
least
in
our
corner
of
Pure
Michigan.
Tim Goodwin, Editor
Jinny Heick
Terry Ryan
Steve Umlor
Tressa Youmans
The Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Inc. is a grassroots,
nonprofit, 501 [C] 3 non-governmental organization whose mission
is to “conserve the natural resources and protect the environmental
quality of the Jordan River and its watershed.”