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May 16, 2012
Detroit Free Press: $1M project to open lower Rouge to Great Lakes
By Megha Satyanarayana:
A $1-million federal grant will dismantle a dam considered devastating in its ecological impact, fully opening the lower Rouge River to the Great Lakes this summer for the first time in more than 100 years.
May 16, 2012
Petoskey News: Locals get hands-on look at Huron Pines project (Sturgeon River)
By Chris Engle:
Some conservation-minded locals got a look last week at an upcoming project of Huron Pines where the natural flow of the Sturgeon River will be restored underneath Poquette Road in Livingston Township.
Apr 19, 2012
MLive: Kalamazoo River oil spill responders take kayak trip on reopened section
By Fritz Klug:
On Wednesday — the first day since the spill that a section of the river has been opened to the public — Dollhopf and other federal, state and local responders took a trip down the river in kayaks.
Apr 19, 2012
Observer and Eccentric: Students turn Rouge into living classroom
During the week of May 2, more than 3,000 students from local southeast Michigan schools will be conducting chemical tests, examining aquatic life, and surveying the Rouge River.
Apr 16, 2012
Detroit Free Press: Portions of oil-damaged Kalamazoo River may open by summer
By Eric D. Lawrence:
Sections of the Kalamazoo River that were closed because of 2010’s massive oil spill did not reopen for recreation last year as officials had hoped.
Apr 9, 2012
AnnArbor.Com: DEQ seeking comment on cleanup of ex-MichCon riverfront site where Ann Arbor wants new park (Huron River)
By Ryan J. Stanton
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will be in Ann Arbor seeking public comments on the proposed cleanup of an old MichCon site along the Huron River. That’s the same site where Mayor John Hieftje and others have big hopes for a future riverfront park with other amenities, possibly even a riverside restaurant.
Apr 9, 2012
The Daily Telegram: Officials prepare for the next River Raisin flood in Blissfield
By Dennis Pelham:
Preparations are being made for the next River Raisin flood in Blissfield, reported Lenawee County emergency management coordinator Curtis Parsons.
Apr 9, 2012
Detroit Free Press: Eric Sharp: Hooked on steelhead fishing
By Eric Sharp:
Arnie Gross jokes that steelhead fishing cost him two good jobs and one so-so wife.
Apr 9, 2012
Lansing State Journal: It's a great spring for steelhead (Muskegon River)
By Bob Gwizdz:
We arrived at the Pine Street launch ramp just before daylight, but still had five boats in front of us. And after we launched and rounded the first curve, I counted seven boats within the first couple hundred yards of straightaway.
Apr 9, 2012
Marquette Mining Journal: Public access marked amid trespass and angler harassment concerns (Salmon Trout River)
By John Pepin:
The Marquette County Road Commission has clearly marked the right of way public access available along the Salmon Trout River and County Road KK near Big Bay.
Public access at a bridge there … has been a concern for anglers and deputized club security guards, who have sought to keep trespassers off club property.
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