Friday, January 30 1:00pm ET/12:00pm CT
Want to make a difference? Let’s talk practical ways to mobilize your community, collaborate with local leaders, and champion policies that support smarter winter maintenance.
Presenters
Lauren Eaton is the Monitoring Manager at Friends of the Rouge and joined the team in 2023. She is so excited to be a steward of the watershed and to affect positive change for all beings that live in and around the Rouge River. She has volunteered for many years with the Huron River Watershed Council, and some of her most memorable learning moments were outside or in the stream during those volunteer events so she hopes to be able to foster moments like those for others by serving as the Monitoring Manager.
Prior to working at Friends of the Rouge, Lauren was a contractor working for the United States Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLSC). At the GLSC, Lauren worked on projects monitoring larval fish, zooplankton, and water quality in Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, as well as the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers. She studied Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Aquatic Ecology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Paige Vichiola-Silva is the Water Quality Manager at the Farmington River Watershed Association. Her work involves assessing the health of our watershed throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut by conducting water quality monitoring and research projects. Paige manages the chloride monitoring program and various in-situ continuous data loggers for temperature, conductivity, water level, and dissolved oxygen. She is responsible for managing data, conducting data analysis, and ensuring that quality assurance and quality control align with data quality objectives. Additionally, Paige writes research reports and the annual water quality report.
Winter Salt Week - January 26-30, 2026 