The Great Lakes Fishery Trust has just awarded $1 million to Traverse City to remove Brown Bridge Dam on the Boardman River.  This grant, together with the $900,000 grant obtained by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and several smaller grants obtained by local non-profits, should be enough to remove Brown Bridge and restore 1.5 miles of stream.  

This is the first of three dams that will be removed on the Boardman River, resulting eventually in over three miles of stream restoration. 

Thanks to the project implementation team for their excellent work on this project, and to Grand Traverse County for collaborating with us.  More info can be obtained from Todd Kalish of the MI Department of Natural Resources and Environment, who is also chair of the implementation team, kalisht@michigan.gov. 

The Boardman River includes 160 miles of river and tributary stream, including 36 river miles of designated blue ribbon trout stream.

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