Over 140 miles of streams reconnected so far in grant project

RECLAIMING RESILIENT MICHIGAN STREAMS
Wycamp Creek Road-Stream Crossing was replaced with a new timber bridge in September 2024, reconnecting 1.35 miles of stream for white and longnose suckers, culturally significant fish species for Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. (Photo courtesy Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians)
Wycamp Creek Road-Stream Crossing was replaced with a new timber bridge in September 2024, reconnecting 1.35 miles of stream for white and longnose suckers, culturally significant fish species for Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. (Photo courtesy Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians)

LANSING

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, with help from many conservation partners, is halfway through completion of a $5 million grant project to remove 27 stream barriers, including 16 DNR-managed dams. Efforts to date have reconnected more than 140 miles of streams.

Funding for this work was awarded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initia…