What is Cass River Greenway?
Cass River Greenway is an effort by a group of local volunteers, assisted by professional resources and municipal leaders, working to enhance recreational opportunities and the environmental well-being of the Cass River Corridor.
The Cass River Greenway steering committee is comprised of resident volunteers and community leaders from Saginaw, Bridgeport, Frankenmuth, Tuscola, Vassar, Caro and Cass City.
Professional resources are provided by US Fish & Wildlife Service, Michigan DNR, Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network (WIN), Saginaw Bay CISMA, Saginaw Bay Land Conservancy, National Park Service, Saginaw and Tuscola County Conservation Districts, Saginaw and Tuscola Road Commissions, USDA NRCS.
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What it was like
In 1831, Alex de Tocqueville, a reporter for a Paris newspaper, was sent to America, to write about the edge of civilization, “the last frontier,” wherein his travels brought him to Saginaw, Michigan. On that trip he wrote his impressions of the Cass River:
"A turf covered point projecting above the river in the shade of great trees served us as a table and we sat down to luncheon with a view of the river whose waters clear as crystal, snaked through the wood."
