It's a Promise for Better.

Love Our Waterways is simply a promise to leave our waterways in better condition than we found them.

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Love Our Waterways.

As much as we have the privilege to enjoy our shared waterways, we  have a shared responsibility to protect and care for them.

The Love Our Waterways campaign was created to heighten awareness of the need for improved stewardship. ​​While our work has been accelerated in response to the discovery and the subsequent retrieval of hundreds of electric scooters, bicycles, and other objects having been tossed and abandoned in our prized Red Cedar River,  the Love our Waterways campaign is much greater in scope; both in purpose and geography.

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Area residents shocked by learning of decades long problem.

Over 400 electric scooters and bicycles reported retrieved from the Red Cedar River since the end of last year, 2022. Most of retrieval took place between July and September 2023. When residents were asked about their thoughts about the matter, they expressed a high level of disappointment and expected those key stakeholders to do better, including; Spin, MSU, the cities of East Lansing and Lansing.

In response to the learnings, representatives from MSU, Cities of East Lansing and Lansing, local business, social and civic groups are collaborating to create a comprehensive solution. To learn more about the developing "Love Our Waterways" program which will be launched at MSU's Delta Sigma Fraternity on November 11, 2023, click here.

There are four components to the Love Our Waterways campaign; Awareness, Deterrence, Enforcement, and Recovery. It is the later, retrieval, that we have proven expert at, but it is the area of awareness where the greatest need and win is. Deterrence is also important where practical measures can be implemented.

​To learn more about our developing programming, click here.

MICHIGAN WATERWAYS STEWARDS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS