by Nicholas Poli | Apr 7, 2026 | Uncategorized, Watersheds
In 2025, Conservation Resource Alliance expanded our in-house capacity to better understand the health of the streams we work to restore. Through a series of fisheries surveys conducted across northwest Lower Michigan, our team collected critical baseline data on fish...
by Gavin MacDonald | Jul 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Ever wondered how engineers determine the original path of a dammed river? A few weeks ago, CRA’s Kimberly Balke and Meredith Freeby joined GEI Consultants and the Great Lakes Environmental Center (GLEC) to help answer that very question. One critical step in the...
by Nicholas Poli | Mar 21, 2025 | Uncategorized, Watersheds
In 2024, CRA conducted fish species surveys using backpack electrofishing at various sites within its service area in northwest Lower Michigan. These surveys assess fish diversity and size structure before planned road/stream crossing replacements, addressing issues...
by Gavin MacDonald | Jan 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
We’re excited to announce the addition of two new Project Managers to CRA’s program team! With Keenan and Tom on board, we’re poised to take on even more watershed restoration and reforestation efforts than ever before. Our new three-year work plan has doubled in...
by Gavin MacDonald | Jan 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome, Tori! Tori grew up living between the Great Lakes and Pacific Northwest regions, where the enchantment of both places sparked a natural curiosity for exploration and an affinity for the outdoors. While studying Urban and Environmental Planning and minoring in...
by Gavin MacDonald | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Fall 2022 newsletter is here! Click the thumbnail below to read about past, current, and future projects and keep up to date on all CRA news!
by sue@rivercare.org | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Cheer on Nate Winkler as he paddles 120 miles in his 19th AuSable Canoe Marathon this weekend! Hup! Hup! Hup! You can follow Nate and his paddle partner, Jaya, in canoe #84 on the GIS map here: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/gps-tracking-map/ Good luck...
by sue@rivercare.org | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to our Development Director, Kat Hanson, for making the “40 Under 40” List! We are so proud of you Kat! 40Under40: Forty of the region’s best and brightest under...
