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Over time, people have caused extensive damage to rivers by scouring their banks with logs, channelizing them through towns and cutting them up with dams. In the last 50 years, scientists have discovered removing dams can vastly improve conditions in rivers. But not all dams can come down. Sometimes they are our greatest protection against invasive species.
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Over time, people have caused extensive damage to rivers by scouring their banks with logs, channelizing them through towns and cutting them up with dams. In the last 50 years, scientists have discovered removing dams can vastly improve conditions in rivers. But not all dams can come down. Sometimes they are our greatest protection against invasive species.
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Traverse City residents won’t be voting on the proposed FishPass project in November.That’s after city commissioners decided not to put the question on the ballot and instead continue with an appeal process in court.
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Of the nearly 2,600 dams in Michigan, more than 90% are going to hit or exceed their design life in 2020, according to a 2014 report. Among those is the…
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This week on Points North, we dive into the restoration of the Boardman River since three dams were removed. The story ties into the thousands of aging…
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Two years ago, Tawny Hammond fulfilled a lifelong dream when she moved Up North and took over a kayak rental business on Boardman Lake. Even when she was…
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Old dams are being removed from the Boardman River. That’s because they are costly to maintain and harmful to the river’s wildlife.But not everyone is…
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Ottawa Indians have been in Northern Michigan for centuries. They witnessed the Ottoway River become the Boardman River when it was renamed by…
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The Boardman River Dam is gone. The river is flowing freely through an area that used to be a pond. It’s the second of three dams to be removed in a…
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Boardman Dam removal begins this week. On Thursday, engineers will start siphoning out water from behind the Boardman Dam in the first step to remove the…