Dam Removal

A reservoir in a northern Michigan state forest will soon be drained to restore a beloved dam.

A conservation organization claims the Maple River is among the first in the country to be returned to its free-flowing state.

The group Save Cornwall is nearing its fundraising goal to preserve a coveted dam in northern Michigan, with the help of a quarter-million state grant.

The project could make the river more appealing to arctic grayling — a fish species that disappeared from the state around 90 years ago.

The future of a beloved dam in Cheboygan County looks a little more certain, thanks to new state funding. The public is raising $200,000 to cover the balance and rebuild the "high hazard" dam.

The study looked at chemical, physical and biological data collected over nearly a decade as the Lake Kathleen Dam near Pellston was removed from the Maple River.

The state recently received a 5 million-dollar grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation to support “stream restoration” projects in fourteen Michigan counties.

The Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that it has awarded a contract for the removal of the Sabin Dam near Traverse City.The three-point eight…

The next step in the Boardman Dam removal process begins this week.Engineers will begin siphoning off water from behind the dam in order to make the…