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Our technical team including Nate Winkler and Kira Davis worked closely with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians this fall to complete initial site surveys at the dam. Removal of this barrier will not only return the natural flow to the creek, wetland areas will also be reclaimed from underneath the unnaturally high lake. As we experience more severe weather events, these wetlands are critical buffers that help manage additional runoff.
Our staff is also placing instream habitat on the Little Manistee River mainstem upstream of 9 Mile Bridge (Skocelas Road), right in the heart of the Huron-Manistee National Forest. The Michigan DNR's Heavy Equipment Crew lent a hand, or bucket rather, pitching in with machines and operators to place the instream habitat. Operator Keith Lounsbery got a crash course in creative wood placement from the project design team at Inter-Fluve.
We'll be continuing work in the "off season" raising funds to free up Syers Creek. Don't miss out on the action - become a CRA member to support practical conservation.
Funders - Thank you for your support!
- Jim Gillhespy
- Great Lakes Council of the Federation of Flyfishers
- International Federation of Flyfishers
- Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited
- Little Manistee River Watershed Conservation Council
- Michigan DNR
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Sustain Our Great Lakes Program
- River Care™
- Trout Unlimited
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- U.S. Forest Service
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