Perhaps the best way to understand Kent County’s Plaster Creek is to start at the end. The creek begins bucolically in Dutton, Mich., near a park and farmers’ fields. But its finish, some 26 ...

Christ comes to make all things new—even West Michigan’s most polluted watershed. I live by a creek, Plaster Creek, in a former oak grove in West Michigan. Every so often, I walk down a busy street in ...

Biology professor Dave Warners had two epiphanies that inspired him to help rehabilitate the Plaster Creek watershed. The first came several years ago when Warners and his kids were walking along ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. — A notable finding of freshwater mussels in Covenant Park’s stretch of Plaster Creek in Kentwood is prompting new conservation efforts in the area. This discovery is reshaping the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city, state and Target 8 are searching for answers after multiple people noticed Plaster Creek turned bright green. Photos from viewer Steven Littell Monday afternoon ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — The surprising discovery of about 500 mussels during a recent survey of Plaster Creek in Kentwood is changing how restoration efforts will move forward. The Plaster Creek ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. — A recent survey of Plaster Creek in Kentwood uncovered a surprising discovery that could reshape local restoration plans. A Plaster Creek Stewards' mussel survey discovered seven ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Grand Rapids community members are working to beautify Plaster Creek Trail with a mural on a retainer wall along the path. Plaster Creek Trail runs for almost three miles between ...

KENT COUNTY, MI – Biologists were surprised to find several species of rare freshwater mussels in one of West Michigan’s most polluted creeks at a park in a suburb of Grand Rapids. Freshwater mussels ...