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Wrapping Up 2018 with the Return of a River
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Boardman River Log Jam Installation Photo Sequence
The Pine River - Silver Creek Fish Cover project is similar to a project we completed on the Boardman River in 2018. Check out this photo sequence from the Boardman River Log Jam Installation here. |
Sabin Dam Removal Update
Sabin powerhouse comes down on September 25, 2018. Sabin dam was built and re-built in the years 1906, 1914 and 1930. With the removal of the powerhouse a milestone is met and the river is that much closer to being returned to a free-flowing stream. |
The Boardman: A River Reborn - New Year Update
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Coldwater Revival on the Boardman
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Dam Management Grant Program Supports Sabin Dam Removal
![]() The Michigan Department of Natural Resources awarded a $75,000 grant through the Dam Management Grant Program to Conservation Resource Alliance. This award was part of $3.35M awarded through this program in 2017 to help remove obsolete structures or repair functioning dams resulting in improved fisheries, aquatic resources and public safety. |
How is a river reborn?
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The Boardman: A River Reborn Rallies Support
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Turn Over a New Leaf
“We found some great stuff out there including a juvenile milk snake. It’s been dry which means our crew has to work a little harder but we got a great start,” he noted. Reptiles and amphibians are very sensitive to environmental changes; they tell you a lot about what’s happening in the environment around them. |
Some Like it Cold – Conserving Coldwater Habitat
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The Big Three of 2015
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Biological Surveys of Northwest Lower Peninsula Streams Now Available
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Off the Beaten Path
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The Boardman: A River Reborn Fall Update
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DamNation Hitting Theaters Near You
Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access. The film’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature. |
Sustain Our Great Lakes Awards $1.5M in Grant Funding to Boardman River Dams & Restoration Project
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Sustain Our Great Lakes Program Announces $12 Million in Grants for Great Lakes Restoration
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The Boardman: A River Reborn Summer Update
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Boardman River Dams & Restoration Project Named to National List of Fish Conservation Projects
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Michigan DNR Draft Boardman River Assessment Released
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The Boardman: A River Reborn Phase II in Motion
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Update on Boardman River Project
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Boardman River Restoration - What's Next?
Conservation Resource Alliance and the Boardman Dams Implementation Team (IT) recently celebrated the reopening and rebirth of 2.5 miles of the Boardman River as project partners, stakeholders and supporters gathered at the former Brown Bridge Dam site. Next up is the removal of the Boardman Dam, replacement of the bridge at Cass Road and restoration of that stretch of river. |
Brown Bridge Dam - GONE!
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Michigan Water Ways Upgrade For Better Fish Migration
By Jacob Johnson, 9&10 NewsA Northern Michigan water way will get an upgrade to help allow fish to swim up and down streams and rivers. A $20,000 federal grant will help replace a culvert on the Bancroft Creek near Kingsley, which flows into the Boardman River. $645,000 is being awarded to Michigan and other Great Lakes states to remove structures that are stopping the fish. |
The Boardman River is Re-Opened and Re-Born
By 9&10 NewsToday supporters of the Boardman River Restoration Project celebrated new beginnings at the site of the old dam. The Boardman River Restoration Project aims to remove a series of three dams so the river can go back to the way it looked before the dams were put in over 90 years ago. Ecologists say that since the dams removal, a process that started last fall, it's already evident how much stronger vegetation and fish populations are growing in their new free flowing habitat. |
Permit Applications Submitted for Interim Drawdown of Brown Bridge & Sabin Dam Impoundments
Brown Bridge Dam is the first of three dams that will be removed on the Boardman River. Drawdown at Brown Bridge is expected to begin after the receipt of the interim drawdown permit by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). Pending permit approval, drawdown at Brown Bridge Pond could begin in late summer or fall 2011. MDEQ has 90 days to respond to the permit application. Any citizen may request a public hearing on the permit application prior to MDEQ approval. Deconstruction of Brown Bridge Dam is scheduled to begin in 2012. |