Huron River Watershed Council
Rebecca Esselman serves as the Executive Director of the Huron River Watershed Council since June 2012, overseeing an 18-person nonprofit organization with a $2.7M annual budget. Esselman has led climate adaptation projects and contributed to watershed planning, emphasizing river restoration and pollution prevention. Prior experience includes roles as a Conservation Knowledge Specialist at The Nature Conservancy, where engagement with biodiversity conservation professionals facilitated the management of knowledge assets, and as a Research Associate at the University of Michigan, focusing on landscape ecology. Early career roles included Volunteer Coordinator and Steward at The Nature Conservancy and Stewardship Assistant at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Rebecca holds an MS in Conservation Ecology from The University of Georgia and a BS in Botany from Michigan State University.
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Huron River Watershed Council
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Founded in 1965, the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) is southeast Michigan’s oldest environmental organization dedicated to river protection. The Huron River Watershed Council works to inspire attitudes, behaviors, and economies to protect, rehabilitate, and sustain the Huron River System. HRWC is a nonprofit coalition of Huron Valley residents, businesses, and local governments. The Council bridges political boundaries by building partnerships between and among communities, community leaders, residents, and commercial enterprises. Serving those constituencies, HRWC monitors the Huron River, its tributaries, lakes, and groundwater, and directs multiple programs addressing pollution prevention and abatement, wetland and floodplain protection, citizen education, and natural resource and land-use planning.