Little Fort Environmental Film Festival: The River Raisin: A comeback story with disucssion with filmmakers

The City of Monroe’s Commission on the Environment and Water Quality (COTE) and River Raisin Area of Concern have produced a documentary film detailing the extensive remediation, restoration, and revitalization efforts of the River Raisin in Monroe County Michigan over the past four decades. This effort, called the River Raisin Legacy Project, illustrates the cleanup work, habitat restoration, contaminated PBC hotspot remediation, and recreational enhancements among many other projects and activities.

The removal of low-head dams has allowed fish to migrate, for the first time in over 80 years, a twenty-three-mile stretch of the River Raisin. The documentary shows the relentless efforts of volunteers, staff, and key stakeholders to restore ecology and natural beauty, as well as the cultural and recreational value of this regional asset including fishing, kayaking, wildlife viewing and more.