Riparian Buffer Initiative – (RBI) ~
WE already finished planting 2,780 trees on 1.4 miles of streambanks! WE need your help planting 1,280 more trees!
Save Maumee Public Monday Monthly Meeting Monday March 4, 2019 at Don Hall’s Gas House, from 7pm – 8:30PM. Become a Member TODAY! Public meetings are almost always the 1st Monday of every month, but this is a special event! Join us!
Our Next Big Event:
A Bazaar Evening on the Maumee Saturday, February 23, 2019
Save Maumee Brochure (2018)
& other promo items thanks to Lush Cosmetics, Charity Pot Funding!
Our Purpose
The purpose of Save Maumee Grassroots Organization is to preserve, protect and improve the ecosystems of the Upper Maumee River and watershed by increasing public awareness through advocacy, collaboration, education and hands-on projects. The organization operates as a charitable, nonprofit organization and is recognized as a 501 (c)(3) by the IRS. Our work since 2005 has been supported by memberships and 100% volunteer efforts.”
Despite widespread infection, some frog populations are surviving a deadly disease that is the equivalent of humankind's Ebola virus. The reason -- genetic diversity. 
Researchers find that the ants of the acacia tree are tipped off to the presence of herbivores by vibrations that run throughout the trees when an animal gets too close or begins to chew. As a result, the insects begin patrolling the acacia's branches more actively. Remarkably, the researchers show, the ants don't react when the trees' movements are caused only by the wind.