DRCC News

Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Celebrates Thirty Years of Progress with New Mapping Tool

February 2nd, 2018

February 2, 2018 Media Release For Immediate Release   Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Celebrates Thirty Years of Progress with New Mapping Tool Windsor, ON – A new interactive mapping tool that tells the cleanup story of the Detroit River is now available to explore! Remediation efforts on the Canadian side in the Detroit River include […]

TD Trees Day along Little River

October 27th, 2017

TD Trees Day Along Little River Gina Pannunzio, Kelly Laforest and Ian Naisbitt (Author) On Sunday, 22 October, TD Bank sponsored their TD Trees Day program by inviting our Windsor-Essex community to help TD employees plant trees. Groups that participated included: Essex County Nature, Code Green –  Caesars Windsor, Rotary Club of LaSalle Centennial, Essex […]

Bush Park Planting in Little River Watershed

October 23rd, 2017

Happy 150th Birthday Canada  Happy 125th Birthday City of Windsor Gina Pannunzio, Paul Giroux and Ian Naisbitt (Author) On Saturday, 14 October, the Windsor-Essex community celebrated the birthdays of Canada and Windsor by planting 150 trees. Essex County Nature was invited to participate by Paul Giroux, City of Windsor Forester and Gina Pannunzio, Essex Region […]

FCA Windsor Assembly Increases Meadow Habitat

October 2nd, 2017

On Sunday, October 1st, FCA Canada’s Joint Workplace Environment Committee (JWEC) partnered with the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) and the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC) to create more meadow habitat in Windsor. Over 100 volunteers attended this event to plant native grasses and wildflowers and their seeds along a new section at the Grand […]

FCA Windsor Assembly Celebrates 10 Years of Digging In

September 30th, 2017

         September 28, 2017 Media Release For Immediate Release FCA Windsor Assembly Celebrates 10 Years of Digging In Windsor – On Sunday, October 1st, FCA Canada’s Joint Workplace Environment Committee (JWEC) will team up with the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) and the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC) to create more meadow […]

Get Involved!

From tree plantings and clean ups, to advocacy and education programs, CLICK HERE to find out how you can be involved with protecting and enhancing the Detroit River.