{"id":17502,"date":"2018-09-29T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=17502"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:13:01","slug":"wild-scenic-rivers-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/09\/29\/wild-scenic-rivers-109\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild & Scenic Rivers 109"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a little-known fact, that Joshua Tree Skin Care<\/a> was brought back to Michigan from Joshua Tree, California, because the founder and co-owner, David, couldn\u2019t imagine a life without the lakes and rivers of Michigan. No other state offered the J Tree crew the beauty, splendor, and recreational opportunities that all four seasons and so much water allows. As the brand grows, they continue to urge the use and protection of their great state’s waterways, which made them a pretty easy candidate for sponsoring September’s Wild and Scenic Wednesdays.<\/p>\n

Wild & Scenic Wednesdays are just one way we\u2019re celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Learn more about how you can celebrate the 50th Anniversary and help NRS, American Rivers, American Whitewater, OARS, Yeti, Chacos and REI fight for 5,000 more miles of designated Wild & Scenic rivers at\u00a05000miles.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Au Sable River, MI (Wild & Scenic circa 1984) <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: Jenni Chaffin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. The Au Sable River, meaning \u201cat the sand\u201d in French, is considered one of the best\u00a0brown trout\u00a0fisheries east of the\u00a0Rockies and has been designated a\u00a0blue ribbon\u00a0trout stream by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n

2. In 1959, George Griffith founded the first chapter of Trout Unlimited on the banks of the Au Sable with the goal of working with state and local agencies to protect and preserve trout and trout fishing. Today, Trout Unlimited is a strong organization and a national champion of fish habitat conservation with over 300 thousand members.<\/p>\n

3. The headwaters of the Au Sable is part of the Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative, which aims to restore self-sustaining populations of the fish and re-establish Michigan as one of only two states in the Lower 48 where they naturally proliferate.<\/p>\n

4. The\u00a0Au\u00a0Sable\u00a0watershed provides habitat for bald eagles and the endangered Kirtland’s warbler\u2014a bird whose infamy and recovery is fascinatingly outlined in public radio\u2019s program \u201cRadiolab\u201d (\u201cOops\u201d Season 8, Ep.1).<\/p>\n

5. The annual 120-mile pro-am\u00a0Au\u00a0Sable\u00a0River Canoe Marathon has been running for 71 years and is considered to be one of the most grueling over-night canoe races in the country.<\/p>\n

Pere Marquette River, MI (Wild & Scenic circa 1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n