Since 2008, CRA and partners have poured efforts into the Betsie River, Platte River and Otter Creek. These watersheds course through large tracts of public land and are popular for just about every outdoor sport. Our approach for restoration work has been one of packaging multiple projects into larger phases of funding and labor. In doing so, we save capital resources and time while seeing real change on a watershed-wide scale.
This map illustrates how we systematically work stem to stern through a watershed to improve both habitat connectivity and habitat quality. We’ve spent decades in these rivers replacing road/stream crossings with bridges and modern structures, stabilizing unnatural erosion sites and removing dams. See for yourself where we’ve been and what we have coming next.
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Completed Projects
2. Otter Creek Grand Traverse Band Brook Trout Study
3. North Branch Platte River Culvert Removals (2)
4. North Branch Platte River & Gudemoos Rd Culvert Replacement & Stabilization
5. Brozofsky Creek & Platte Road Culvert Replacement
6. Tamarack Trout Farm Restoration
7. Platte River & South Street Stabilization
8. Platte River & Burnt Mill Road Timber Bridge
9. Platte River & Burnt Mill Road Instream Habitat
10. Woodcock Creek & Burnt Mill Road Timber Bridge
11. Platte River & Reynolds Road Timber Bridge
12. Stanley Creek & Hulbert Road Culvert Replacement
13. Kinney Creek & Stanley Road Culvert Replacement
14. Streambank Stabilization Projects (72)
15. Betsie River Creek Drainage Project
16. Fred’s Landing Access Improvement
17. Dair Creek Recovery including Dam Removal & Culvert Replacements and Betsie River Stabilization & Instream Habitat
18. Dair Creek & Landis Road Culvert Replacement
19. Dair Creek & Weldon Rd Culvert Replacement
20. Misty Acres Dam Removal, Road Crossing Removal, Instream Habitat & Streambank Stabilization
21. Betsie River & Psutka Rd Improvements
22. Betsie River Instream Habitat & Stabilization (2)
23. Betsie Streambank Stabilization & Instream Habitat (2)
24. Red Creek & Haze Road Culvert Replacement
25. Betsie Day Use Facility Stabilization
26. Betsie River & King Road Improvements
27. Little Betsie & Bently Rd West Culvert Replacements (2)
28. Little Betsie River & Nessen Road Timber Bridge
29. Betsie River & Long Road Abutment Removal & Stabilization
Future Needs
A. North Branch Platte River Tributary & Dymond RoadCrossing Replacement
B. North Branch Platte River & Skinner Road Crossing Replacement
C. North Branch Platte River & Hooker Road Crossing Replacement
D. Little Platte Lake Creek & Saffron Road Crossing Replacement
E. Platte River Instream Habitat
F. Mason Creek & East Duck Lake Road Crossing Replacement
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