For Businesses
Businesses, institutions, churches and medical facilities all play a role in protecting our local waterways. Check out these housekeeping tips for ways to reduce your contribution to stormwater pollution. You can also contact the GLRC to partner in educating your staff and customers on pollution prevention.
LOCAL EVENTS
Check here for information on local paddling events, river clean-ups, green infrastructure, pollution prevention/recycling, educational seminars, and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Red Cedar River Day Celebration
Sunday, September 7, 2025 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Williamston's McCormick Park Launch, 123 High St., Williamston
Join the GLRC at the annual celebration of the Red Cedar River. You'll enjoy educational exhibits, can canoe or kayak the river or participate in a race, watch a fish stocking, and enjoy food and entertainment. You'll also enjoy paddling demonstrations, a Red Cedar Interactive Display, and can make your own souvenir with fire and saw!
Wild Ones Red Cedar Fall Native Michigan Plant Sale
Saturday, September 13, 2025 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing, MI 48910
A wide selection of perennial wildflowers, grasses/sedges, trees and shrubs grown by Bendy Stem Farm will be available for purchase. Owner Ben Crocker will be on site to help answer your native plant questions as well as many experienced Wild Ones members. Native plants support birds, butterflies and pollinators. Add some to your landscape and watch it come to life! WORCC Chapter members will get a 10% discount on plant purchases.
SepticSmart 2025: Septic Systems and the Environment
September 15, 2025, 9:00 - 10:00 am
FREE Webinar
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Onsite Wastewater Program is kicking off Septic Smart Week with this 1-hour webinar, which will be recorded and shared with all webinar registrants. Webinar attendees will learn about the basics of septic systems, septic systems and the environment, and septic system operation and maintenance tips. You’ll leave this webinar with access to educational materials, a better ability to manage your septic system, and a stronger understanding of how to be a good steward of the environment.
Urban Natural Areas Beautification
Saturday September 20, 2025 - 10:30 am
Old Town Lansing, near Burchard Park (specific meeting location TBD)
Learn about a new, collaborative effort between Michigan Waterways Stewards and the Mid-Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area to remove invasive plant species along an abandoned railroad near Burchard Park in Old Town and to plant native trees, shrubs and flowers. The presenters will be Stephanie Day, Invasive Species Coordinator for the Mid-Michigan CISMA and Mike Stout with Michigan Waterways Stewards.
Free for Fall Event
September 27, 2025 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
DeWitt Township, MI location TBD
Clinton County residents have the opportunity to responsibly dispose and/or recycle your household hazardous waste, electronics, cleaners and solvents, motor oil and antifreeze, farm and landscaping chemicals, hard cover and paper back books, and magazines and phone books. Registration with the Clinton County Department of Waste Management is required, with the location released upon completion of registration.