Conservation Resource Alliance

ARRA-PERE MARQUETTE WATERSHED ROAD

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 111-88. SPECIFICALL

DAM REMOVAL 2 AND LAMPREY MANAGEMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY

BOARDMAN AND SABIN DAM REMOVAL

PHASE II CONSTRUCTION TO REMOVE 3 DAMS

THE CRYSTAL RIVER FISH PASSAGE AND RESTORATION PROJECT ENTAILS REPLACING A SEVERELY UNDERSIZED STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF THREE FORTY EIGHT INCH DIAMETER CORRUGATED METAL PIPES WITH A THREE SPAN TIMBER BRIDGE THAT CLEARS THE FULL EIGHTY FOOT CHANNEL WIDTH. WATER VELOCITIES AT THE OUTLET OF THE EXISTING CULVERTS RESTRICT AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE AND BLOCK OFF MORE THAN TWO MILES OF PRISTINE UPSTREAM HABITAT THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE. THIS UNDERSIZED STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURE BACKS UP WATER AND RESTRICTS SEDIMENT MOVEMENT IMPACTING RIPARIAN WETLANDS AND STREAM SUBSTRATES FOR OVER TWO THOUSAND LINEAR FEET. THE NEW BRIDGE WILL ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE FOR ALL FISH AND WILDLIFE SPECIES UNDER THE ROAD AND ALLOW NATURAL PROCESSES TO RESTORE THIS SECTION OF RIVER AND ADJACENT WETLAND HABITAT. THE AFFECTED SECTION OF THE RIVER CONTAINS A SPECIES OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AS A SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED. MANY FISH SPECIES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT INCLUDING NORTHERN PIKE WHITE SUCKER SMALLMOUTH BASS LARGEMOUTH BASS AND YELLOW PERCH. THIS STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURE IS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT BEING SPEARHEADED BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS ON THE CRYSTAL RIVER TO OPEN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RIVER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. THE LARGER EFFORT INCLUDES REMOVING THREE RESTRICTIVE STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURES ON THE CRYSTAL AND THE CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE IS AIDING THE TRIBE BY MANAGING THIS GRANT PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOST UPSTREAM OF THE THREE CROSSINGS. THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE THE RESIDENTS OF LEELANAU COUNTY AND THE GREATER GRAND TRAVERSE BAY REGION. THIS INCLUDES CITIZENS OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS WITH THEIR MAIN RESERVATION LANDS IN LEELANAU COUNTY AND THEIR SIX COUNTY SERVICE AREA SURROUNDING THE PROJECT SITE. THE SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE IS ALSO VISITED BY MORE THAN ONE MILLION VISITORS EACH YEAR AND THIS SECTION OF RIVER EXPERIENCES OVER FIFTEEN THOUSAND RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT TRIPS PER SEASON. PORTAGING IS RECOMMENDED AT THE EXISTING STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURE AND PORTAGING THIS STREAM CROSSING RISKS COLLISIONS WITH MOTOR VEHICLES WHILE PUTTING EXCESS STRESS ON THE STREAM BED AND STREAM BANKS. CANOES AND KAYAKS WILL BE ABLE TO FREELY PASS UNDERNEATH THE NEW BRIDGE STRUCTURE.OBJECTIVES: 1) REMOVE THE MOST UPSTREAM UNDERSIZED STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURE AT THE INTERSECTIONLEELANAU COUNTY ROAD 675 AND THE CRYSTAL RIVER.2) INSTALL A CHANNEL SPANNING STREAM CROSSING STRUCTURE MEETING THE USDA-NATURALRESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS) AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE CONSERVATIONPRACTICE STANDARD.DELIVERABLES: 1) NEW BRIDGE THAT WILL ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE FOR ALL FISH AND WILDLIFE SPECIES UNDER THE ROAD AND ALLOW NATURAL PROCESSES TO RESTORE THIS SECTION OF RIVER AND ADJACENT WETLAND HABITAT. 2) SAFE PASSAGE FOR VISITORS RECREATING ON THE RIVER.

BOARDMAN DAM REMOVAL - DAM REMOVAL #2

CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE

MAPLE RIVER - ROBINSON (E-6) AND ELY BRIDGE RD (E-9) CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED TO: 1) REMOVE 14 FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS IN 12 STREAMS; 2) RECONNECT 31 MILES OF FISH HABITAT; 3) RESTORE 30 MILES OF THE COLDWATER STREAM HABITAT; 4) RESTORE 40 ACRES OF CORRIDOR AND WETLAND HABITAT; AND 5) REDUCE SEDIMENT LOADING BY 36 TONS PER YEAR; 6) DESIGN/SITE PLANS AND OBTAIN PERMITS FOR 6 SITES IN FIVE WATERSHEDS; AND 7) CONDUCT MONITORING IN SELECTED STREAMS.

MAPLE RIVER-BRUTUS ROAD CROSSING

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED FOR THE REMOVAL OF LAKE KATHLEEN DAM, REPLACEMENT OF TWO ROAD CROSSINGS, AND RESTORATION OF ASSOCIATED HABITAT, CHANNELS, AND FLOODPLAINS OF THE MAPLE RIVER.

THE CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED IS IDENTIFIED AS A STRONGHOLD FOR BROOK TROUT ACCORDING TO THE GREAT LAKES BROOK TROUT CONSERVATION PORTFOLIO. IT IS LISTED AS IMPAIRED WITH RECOMMENDED CONSERVATION STRATEGIES TO RESTORE THE STRONGHOLD AS REMOVING BARRIERS TO CONNECT POPULATIONS RESTORING RIPARIAN HABITAT AND INSTREAM HABITAT RESTORATION BY WAYS OF BANK STABILIZATION. FORTUNATELY THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF THE PROPOSED SECTIONS OF STREAM ARE FORESTED MOST OF WHICH IS AT LEAST 1000 FEET WIDE. THIS PROTECTS THE CREEK FROM THE FEW AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN THE STREAMS VICINITY AND LIMITS HUMAN CAUSED PROBLEMS IN THE WATERSHED TO PRIMARILY THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH FOUR SEVERE CROSSINGS IDENTIFIED AT EAST WHITE SOUTH CEDAR AND EAST ALPINE ROADS ON CEDAR RUN CREEK AND GOOD HARBOR TRAIL ON VICTORIA CREEK.OBJECTIVES:1. PERFORMING PRECONSTRUCTION FISH SURVEYS.2. REPLACING FOUR PRIORITY UNDERSIZED ROADSTREAM CROSSINGS WITH BANKFULL SPANNING STRUCTURES INCLUDING REVEGETATION SPILLWAYS AND ARMORING WHICH DOUBLES AS UNDERROAD PASSAGE FOR WILDLIFE.3. RECONNECTING 15 UPSTREAM MILES OF INSTREAM HABITAT TO 24 MILES OF DOWNSTREAM HABITAT WITH UNIMPEDED ACCESS TOLAKE LEELANAU AND ITS OTHER TRIBUTARIES.4. PERFORMING A FISH SURVEY AT THE SITES WITHIN 1 TO 2 YEARS POSTCONSTRUCTION.DELIVERABLES:1. FINAL STAMPED ENGINEERED PLANS AND APPLICABLE PERMITS WILL BE PROVIDED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS.2. REPORTS AND FACT SHEETS WILL INCLUDE BEFORE DURING AND AFTER PHOTOS LISTS OF PARTNERS FUNDING SOURCES TONS OF SEDIMENT PREVENTED RIVER MILES RECONNECTED MATCH FUNDS PROVIDED AND DETAILED BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.3. RESULTS WILL BE REPORTED VIA SITE TOURS NEWSLETTERS WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND KEY RESULTS WILL APPEAR ON THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN STREAMS INVENTORY. 4. THE COMPLETED PROJECT MADE ALSO BE FEATURED IN NATURE CHANGE A LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET AND COLLABORATOR FOCUSED ON INFORMING THE REGIONAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT OPTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURALRESOURCES.

EXPANDING THE TRIBAL STREAM AND FRUITBELT PARTNERSHIP IN NORTHERN LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON

EAST BRANCH MAPLE RIVER - DOUGLAS ROAD CROSSING (E-20) CONNECTIVITY PROJECT AND POST DAM REMOVAL RESTORATION AND MONITORING

BOARDMAN RIVER - SABIN (THIRD) DAM REMOVAL

MARSHVILLE DAM REMOVAL

WITH DESIGN PLANS AND PERMITS IN HAND THE PROJECT ENTAILS RESTORATION OF A SEVERE ROAD STREAM CROSSING ON DEER CREEK BY REPLACING A 7 FOOT DIAMETER BOILERPLATE PIPE WITH A 33 FOOT SPAN TIMBER BRIDGE. THIS WILL RECONNECT 5 MILES OF UPSTREAM CHANNEL TO OVER 4 MILES DOWNSTREAM ON DEER CREEK AND HALT THE ANNUAL INPUT OF UP TO 15 TONS OF SEDIMENT FROM ROAD RUNOFF FROM ENTERING DEER CREEK.

RESTORING CONNECTIVITY OF THE UPPER JORDAN RIVER AND DEER CREEK MI PROJECT ENTAILS THE RESTORATION OF THREE SEVERE ROAD STREAM CROSSING SITES IN THE WATERSHED TO FULLY RECONNECT PRISTINE STRETCHES OF INSTREAM HABITAT FOR ALL AQUATIC LIFE AT ALL LIFE STAGES AND STREAM FLOWS, AND HALT THE EXCESS SEDIMENTATION OF STREAMS FROM RURAL ROADWAYS THE SITES WA 3, WA 5 AND WI 28 ARE ALL PRIORITIZED IN THE BOYNE AND JORDAN RIVERS ROAD STREAM CROSSING INVENTORY PROJECT REPORT AS PART OF THE GREATER LAKE CHARLEVOIX WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROVED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ATTESTING TO ITS HIGH WATER QUALITY AND FORESTED CORRIDOR, THE JORDAN RIVER WAS MICHIGAN S FIRST WATERWAY TO BE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS A WILD AND SCENIC RIVER UNDER THE STATE S NATURAL RIVERS PROGRAM THE JORDAN RIVER IS 22 9 MILES LONG AND ITS 29 TRIBUTARIES COMPRISE AN ADDITIONAL 90 MILES OF STREAM, WITH DEER CREEK THE SECOND LARGEST TRIBUTARY TO THE JORDAN MAINSTEM MUCH OF THIS COLDWATER STREAM AND DEER CREEK ARE STATE DESIGNATED AS BLUE RIBBON TROUT STREAM THE WATERSHED IS COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 127 SQUARE MILES AND THE JORDAN IS THE LARGEST TRIBUTARY TO LAKE CHARLEVOIX THAT CONNECTS TO LAKE MICHIGAN IT IS HOME TO THE JORDAN RIVER VALLEY AND MANAGEMENT AREA, A 35,000 ACRE AREA OF CONTIGUOUS STATE OWNED FOREST, AND THE JORDAN RIVER PATHWAY, PART OF THE NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL BROOK TROUT, BROWN TROUT, STEELHEAD, SALMON, MOTTLED SCULPIN AND 14 SPECIES OF MAYFLIES, CADDISFLIES, AND STONEFLIES ARE FOUND IN THE JORDAN MAINSTEMAND TRIBUTARIES THE PROJECT WILL REESTABLISH ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION IN MULTIPLE WAYS THROUGH CONSTRUCTING BANKFULL SPANNING BRIDGES IN PLACE OF CURRENT UNDERSIZED AND OUTDATED CULVERTS AND A BOILERPLATE PIPE, AND INCORPORATION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STABILIZATION, RUNOFF CONTROL, FLOODPLAIN AND STREAM RESTORATION AT ALL THREE SITES COLLECTIVELY THE PROJECT WILL HALT THE INPUT OF 25 TONS OF EXCESS SEDIMENT FROM ROADWAYS ANNUALLY INTO THE STREAMS, REMOVE 5 UNDERSIZED CULVERTS AND REPLACE WITH 3 FULL SPANNING BRIDGE STRUCTURES, RETURN UP TO 1,000 LINEAR FEET OF A FLOODPLAIN BENCH ALONG THE STREAM CHANNEL THAT IS CURRENTLY IMPOUNDED, RECONNECT 7 MILES OF UPSTREAM REACHES TO 16 MILES DOWNSTREAM ON THE JORDAN RIVER, AND RECONNECT 5 1 MILES OF UPSTREAM REACHES TO 4 5 MILES DOWNSTREAM ON DEER CREEK IN ADDITION,THE INITIATIVE WILL RESTORE HYDROLOGY, NORMAL STREAM VELOCITIES, NATURAL SEDIMENT MOVEMENT, NUTRIENT, AND WOOD TRANSPORT IN THE JORDAN RIVER HEADWATERS AND DEER CREEK AND REDUCE WATER TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARMING EFFECTS CAUSED BY IMPOUNDED WATERS AND ACCUMULATION OF EXCESS SEDIMENT FROM ROADBEDS AND SHOULDERS CONSTRUCTING TIMBER BRIDGES AT ALL SITES WILL ALSO ENSURE SAFE CROSSINGS OVER THE STREAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THESE HEAVILY FORESTED AND ECOLOGICALLY RICH AREAS WHERE OUTDOOR RECREATIONOPPORTUNITIES ABOUND CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE CRA LEADS A PARTNERSHIP OF FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL AND LOCAL ENTITIES FOR THE PROJECT WITH DESIGN PHASE FUNDS SECURED IN 2020 FROM LOCAL AND PRIVATE FUNDERS ENGINEERED, STAMPED DESIGN PLANS FOR FULLY SPANNING TIMBER BRIDGES ARE NOW COMPLETE, STATE PERMITS FOR PARTS 31, 301 AND 302 AND NATURAL RIVERS ARE SECURED, AND THE REMAINING FEDERAL PERMITS ARE IN PROCESS CRA WAS AWARDED A 270,000 GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION SUSTAIN OUR GREAT LAKES PROGRAM IN 2021 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE INITIATING THE FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR ON THE GROUND WORK CRA AND PARTNERS ARE SEEKING REMAINING FUNDS IN 2022 FOR THE 2 2 MILLION IMPLEMENTATION PHASE FROM UP TO 12 STATE, PRIVATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL ENTITIES TO MAKE THIS RESTORATION PROJECT COME TO FRUITION

EAST BRANCH MAPLE RIVER - ROBINSON ROAD CROSSING (BL-43) CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

MAPLE RIVER-LAKE KATHLEEN DAM REMOVAL

BOARDMAN SABIN DAMS

MAPLE RIVER WOODLAND ROAD CROSSING

THE CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE WILL IMPLEMENT A TWO YEAR PROJECT TO REDUCE RUNOFF, IMPROVE HABITAT, AND PROVIDE SHADE COVER FOR COLD WATER STREAMS IN NORTHWEST MICHIGAN, WHICH DRAIN INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. THE PROJECT WILL INSTALL 20,000 TREES, STRATEGICALLY PLANTED TO PROTECT RESTORED RIVER CORRIDORS, RESULTING IN 360,000 GALLONS OF STORMWATER INFILTRATED ANNUALLY.

PERE MARQUETTE TRIBUTARY RECONNECTED AND SOPER CREEK 14 ROAD FISH PASSAGE PROJECT

MAPLE RIVER CONNECTIVITY BA/EA

CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE

BOARDMAN RIVER DAM REMOVAL: CHANNEL AND RESTORATION PHASE -BROWN BRIDGE DAM

REPLACE EXISTING UNDERSIZED CULVERTS WITH FREE-SPAN TIMBER BRIDGE STRUCTURES ON GILL, MUNGER AND REED ROAD WITHIN EMMET COUNTY MI, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE THE NATURAL FLOW OF THE RIVER.

JORDAN RIVER CULVERTS REPLACEMENT

GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE REFORESTING THE MARSHVILLE DAM IMPOUNDMENT TO PROTECT CRITICAL WETLANDS

GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE REDUCING RUNOFF AT RIPARIAN RESTORATION SITES IN NORTHWEST MICHIGAN

VAN CREEK (MAPLE RIVER WATERSHED) - ROAD (E-13) CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

RECONNECTING THE NORTH BRANCH BOARDMAN RIVER AT BROOMHEAD ROAD

RESTORE UP TO 1,200 FEET OF NATURAL STREAM FUNCTION AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE BOARDMAN RIVER

NATIONAL FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM

CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE

WHEELER CREEK FISH PASSAGE PROJECT

TO ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY HABITAT RESTORATION ON PRIVATE LANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF FEDERAL TRUST SPECIES

LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER CHANNEL RESTORATION AND BARRIER REMOVAL ON THE NORTH BRANCH PLATTE RIVER IN BENZIE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

ARRA 14 1610 R3TF NFPP REPLACE PERCHED CULVERT ON SILVER CREEK IN LAKE COUNTY MI

REPLACE PERCHED CULVERT ON SANBORN CREEK AND QUEENS HIGHWAY IN LAKE COUNTY, MI AND RESTORE FISH PASSAGE AT THE SOPER CREEK TROUT FARM

EAST BRANCH MAPLE RIVER TWO-TRACK CROSSING (E-25) CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

RESTORING HABITAT IN THE PERE MARQUETTE RIVER TO PROMOTE SELF-SUSTAINING TROUT AND SALMON POPULATION

REPLACE FAILED CULVERT ON BANCROFT CREEK, BOARDMAN RIVER IN GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

COMPENSATE FOR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT USE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE RESTORATION OF A DEGRADED WATERSHED DRAINING DIRECTLY TO THE GREAT LAKES. DEGRADATION IS IN THE FORM OF STREAM CHANNELIZATION, WETLAND FILL, AND ABANDONMENT OF NATIVE CHANNELS. DESPITE THESE OFFENSES TO NATURAL ORDER, THE GREAT LAKES BROOK TROUT CONSERVATION PORTFOLIO IDENTIFIES THIS WATERSHED AS A STRONGHOLD FOR BROOK TROUT, AND ANGLERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION TARGET THIS CREEK FOR MIGRATORY RUNS OF PACIFIC SALMONIDS AS WELL AS RESIDENT TROUT. AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT, THE RESTORATION ALIGNS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PORTFOLIO TO RESTORE THE STRONGHOLD. PRIOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND COMMITMENTS PROTECTING WATER QUALITY, AND A NEWLY INVIGORATED CONSERVATION PRESENCE IN THE WATERSHED MAKE WAY FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT BROOK TROUT AND WATERSHED HABITAT RENEWAL OPPORTUNITY.CRA WILL COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS TO COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION USING EXPERIENCED LOCAL CONTRACTORS. CHANNEL RE-MEANDERING WILL BE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED USING NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN PRINCIPLES. INSTREAM WOOD STRUCTURES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED USING LOCAL MATERIALS WHEN POSSIBLE AND WITH METHODS THAT MINIMIZE DISTURBANCE TO STREAMBANKS, FLOODPLAIN, AND RIPARIAN WETLANDS.THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO CREATE 275 LINEAR FEET OF NEW BROOK TROUT HABITAT BY RE-MEANDERING TWO SECTIONS OF CREEK, RESTORE FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY TO 420 FEET OF CREEK VIA LARGE WOODY DEBRIS CROSS VEIN STRUCTURES, ENHANCE OVER 3,300 FEET OF INSTREAM HABITAT VIA LARGE WOODY DEBRIS INSTALLATIONS, AND RESTORE 77 ACRES OF DEGRADED WETLAND VIA NATIVE PLANTINGS.THE PROJECT TEAM, HAVING RECENTLY COMPLETED A WATERSHED-WIDE ROAD STREAM CROSSING INVENTORY, IS WORKING WITH LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES TO PLAN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS WHERE NEEDED. ADDITIONAL NEAR-TERM (5-10 YEARS) GOALS FOR MITCHELL CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION INCLUDE OVER 20 MILES OF HABITAT CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO LAKE MICHIGAN, 2 MILES OF 3RD ORDER TRIBUTARY CREATED BY REWATERING AN ABANDONED CHANNEL RUNNING THROUGH A NATURE PRESERVE AND STATE PARK CAMPGROUND, 100 ACRES OF CRITICAL HABITAT PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OVER 3,000 LINEAR FEET OF RIPARIAN FOREST BUFFER.

THE MAPLE RIVER POST DAM REMOVAL WETLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT INVOLVES OVER 9 ACRES OF WETLANDS RESTORATION AND MONITORING ALONG THE BOTTOMLANDS OF THE HISTORIC LAKE KATHLEEN PROVIDING ECOLOGICAL LIFT IN THE MAPLE RIVER WATERSHED. FOR OVER 100 YEARS THE MAPLE RIVER WAS DAMMED IN THIS LOCATION. WITH THE DAM REMOVED AND RIVER LIBERATED THE LANDOWNER AND LOCAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE ACRES OF WETLANDS PROVIDING FUNCTIONAL LIFT WITHIN THE 43 ACRES OF BOTTOMLANDS.

VAN CREEK (MAPLE RIVER WATERSHED) - BIKE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

RECONNECT MASON CREEK & DUCK LAKE HEADER TEXT: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE TO REPLACE TWIN UNDERSIZED, PERCHED CULVERTS WITH A BOTTOMLESS STRUCTURE TO OPEN PASSAGE TO 8 MILES OF UPSTREAM HABITAT. SEND ALL COPIES OF GRANT AGREEMENT AND PO TO BERNADETTE MADISON AND JOSEPH SHEAHAN FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED TO REPLACE TWIN 4' DIAMETER CULVERTS UNDER EAST DUCK LAKE ROAD AT SITE #BT-G013, WHERE THE 18' WIDE MASON CREEK IS BEING FUNNELED THROUGH, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT POOL FORMATION AND BANK EROSION DOWNSTREAM AND INSTALLING A BOTTOMLESS STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE.

IMPROVING THE FINAL BARRIER FOR COMPLETE CONNECTIVITY ON SANBORN CREEK

BAKER CREEK CULVERT REPLACEMENT IN THE MIDDLE BRANCH

RESTORE FISH PASSAGE FOR NATIVE BROOK TROUT AT THE PLEASANT VIEW ROAD STREAM CROSSING

NEW AGREEMENT - CRA SYERS DAM HEADER TEXT: 7-20-2017 NEW AGREEMENT W/CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE (CRA) TO BREACH SYERS DAM AND REPLACE THE EXISTING WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE WITH A FLOW-THROUGH STRUCTURE TO RECONNECT HABITAT ON SYERS CREEK A TRIBUTARY TO THE LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER IN LAKE COUNTY. TPOC IS JOSEPH SHEAHAN. PLEASE SEND A COPY OF ANY UPDATES OR MODIFICATIONS TO BERNADETTE MADISON, JOSEPH SHEAHAN AND MARK HOLEY. K.A.

THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED FOR FUNDING BY THE NATIONAL FISH HABITAT BOARD, A STATE-LED ENTITY CREATED BY CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2020. THE SERVICE ADMINISTERS THE APPROPRIATED PROJECT FUNDS VIA A DIRECTED ANNOUNCEMENT AND WORKS WITH AWARD RECIPIENTS TO DELIVER FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECTS THAT INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS AND IMPROVE RECREATIONAL FISHING. THIS PROJECT WILL RESTORE BROOK TROUT HABITAT ON A 3,000 FT STRETCH OF THE LITTLE SOUTH BRANCH PERE MARQUETTE RIVER IN LAKE AND NEWAYGO COUNTIES IN WEST MICHIGAN. HABITAT WORK WILL INVOLVE THE INSTALLATION OF LARGE WOODY DEBRIS IN THE STREAM USING HEAVY MACHINERY TO CREATE MORE HABITAT FOR REPRODUCTION, FOOD, AND OVERHEAD COVER. THE DELIVERABLES INCLUDE INCREASED DENSITIES OF BROOK TROUT AND OTHER HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TROUT AND SALMON SPECIES. THIS PROJECT IS SHOVEL-READY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN 2026.

MAPLE RIVER ROAD STREAM CROSSING DESIGN.

COMPENSATE FOR MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE SILVER CREEK CULVERT REMOVAL PROJECT

ENHANCING AND RESTORING HABITAT FOR LONGEVITY ON THE PERE MARQUETTE MAINSTEM (SCOTTVILLE RIVERSIDE PARK & RAILROAD PROJECT)

TO COMPENSATE FOR MATERIALS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

COLD CREEK CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

LAKE KATHLEEN POST DAM REMOVAL REMEDIATION

FEASIBLITY STUDY THAT WILL ASSESS THE REMOVAL OF THE LAKE KATHLEEN DAM AND

REMOVE THE CURRENT CULVERTS AT GREEN RIVER ROAD AND INSTALL A NEW STRUCTURE TO ALLOW FISH PASSAGE

RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

GLRI

HELP RECIPIENT COMPENSATE FOR SOIL BORINGS

ALLOW FISH PASSAGE IN WHEELER CREEK FOR THE WHEELER CREEK DAM REMOVAL PROJECT

STRATEGICALLY PLACE LARGE WOODY DEBRIS IN PRE-SELECTED SITES IN THE BIG SABLE RIVER AND BEAR CREEK

FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR THE FINAL PROJECT DESIGN

BETSIE RIVER REMEDIATION

REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AS REQUIRED FOR THE JORDAN RIVER ELECTRICAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT

HELP RECIPIENT CONDUCT ROAD STREAM CROSSING WORKSHOPS IN MI'S PERE MARQUETTE RIVER WATERSHED

RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT

MAPLE RIVER LWD REPLACEMENT

MAPLE RIVER WORK CREW