Saturday, June 11, 2011

Visit our new website at www.RiverDayFun.com!

Picture this: A great day on the beach with friends and family. Sitting in the shade of a tree along a stream. Floating aimlessly on a still and quiet river. Cool breezes blowing in your hair. Sunshine warming your face. Spraying refreshing water on your skin. Clean water is essential to having fun on the water. This can all to easily be taken for granted, so since 2004 the St. Clair County Health Department has been organizing recreational activities in early June that allow everyone to celebrate, enhance and protect the beautiful rivers, lakes and bays we have right here in St. Clair County.

Through River Day, the St. Clair County Health Department helps families understand how they can be better stewards of the natural resources we all enjoy. They want you to get out and enjoy our bountiful rivers, lakes and bays, but to also take care of them while you are out there. After all, those of us that enjoy the water have a significant vested interest in its health, as well as the health of all the fish and other animals that live in and around our waters. So whether you like to stay dry, get wet, play, learn or relax, it won’t cost you a thing to get out and have fun on River Day with your friends and family!

River Day corresponds each year with the State of Michigan's Free Fishing Weekend.

For further information, contact Sheri Faust.

River Day 2007 Highlights
The 3rd annual River Day was a huge success! On Saturday, June 9th, several hundred volunteers came out to give St. Clair County's rivers a hand at 14 sites around our watersheds.

In Kenockee Twp, the Drain Commission Office coordinated a clean up of Mill Creek for several boy scout troops.
The St. Clair County Parks and Rec Dept held their grand opening of the new Lake Huron County Park that dozens of families enjoyed.
At the BP site in St. Clair, volunteers plants hundreds of native plants along the banks of Jordan Creek.

RIVER DAY 2006 Highlights
The focus in 2006 was on restoring the cleanliness of our waters with X-STREAM Makeover by removing trash and debris from the stream banks and floodplains of three St. Clair County rivers: Mill Creek in Yale, Stocks Creek in Port Huron Township and Marine City Drain in Cottreville Township. Trash removed from these site included oil cans containing marine fuel and motor oil, tires, tire rims and tire hubcaps, cinder blocks, woody debris, deer carcasses, rusty automobile parts and scraps, a refrigerator, a car door, a television, snowmobile chassis, metal fencing, carpet remnants, a snowboard, a bike, wagon & construction debris.

RIVER DAY 2005 Highlights
On Saturday, June 11, 2005 over 1,000 residents descended on St. Clair County's waterways to celebrate its rivers, lakes and bays. The inaugural River Day event kicked off with over forty events offered simoutaneously across the county ready to capture everyone's interests from hiking to fishing and paddling, to cleaning, planting and playing!