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February 1, 2012
Project name: Flowing Well Trout Farm Restoration Project.
Location: Kalkaska, Mi.
Description: The Flowing Well Trout Farm, built in the mid-1900s, erected 12 small dams to create fish rearing ponds. The dams, built in the North branch of the Manistee River and the Flowing Well Creek, diverted the natural flow of a trout stream, caused unnaturally high water temperatures, blocked fish passage and disrupted the natural movement of sediment and woody debris in the river.
Approximate cost of project: $626,000
Resource challenges addressed: Fish passage, excessive warming of water temperatures, fragmentation of a river ecosystem, the loss of wetlands...More |
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June 28, 2011
A Dam Problem follow this link to listen to this report:
http://environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=544
or read a full summary of the transcript below.
All this week, we're focusing on stories about...More |
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June 28, 2011
Tent Caterpillars are for the BirdsIt’s amazing how many aspects of the natural world are unknown, even to the experts. A case in point is the answer to the...More |
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November 24, 2010
Dam removal planned on Upper Manistee RiverKALKASKA – Four small dams will be removed from Kalkaska County streams in an ecological restoration project in the Manistee River watershed.
The work is...More |
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April 2, 2010
Big Improvements for a Small CreekIn 1867 a local citizen named John Wheeler built a dam on what came to be known as Wheeler Creek. Though there were a...More |
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