Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

At the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (DRIWR) would like to offer you the opportunity to bring nature to your students!

Our Environmental Education Program includes field trips to the refuge, Park Ranger classroom visits to your school, loaning kits, Story Time...

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (DRIWR) was established in 2001 to preserve the Lower Detroit River and Western Lake Erie. DRIWR is within an hour’s drive of nearly seven million people in the Detroit, Michigan; Windsor, Ontario; and Toledo, Ohio metropolitan areas. The refuge’s...

The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge relies upon volunteers to perform many important jobs, but the most important thing you can do for us, and in turn for wildlife, is to be our wildlife ambassadors to the public. Uninformed visitors to the refuge may unintentionally do things that...