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International Wildlife Refuge Alliance seeks Grosse Ile support, invites community to Sept. 25 benefit
Summary
Representatives from the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance described refuge history in Grosse Ile and invited trustees and residents to the alliance’s 19th annual benefit dinner on Sept. 25, aiming to raise community support and $75,000 for refuge programs.
Roberta Urbani, secretary of the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance, and Edward Smith, an alliance board member and former Brownstown Township supervisor, spoke to the Grosse Ile Township Board on Aug. 26 about the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and local connections.
Urbani described the refuge’s history, noting that local citizens organized in the late 1990s to protect Humbug Marsh and that Congress established the Detroit…
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