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![Three aging culverts in the Jordan River watershed will be replaced with timber bridges this fall. The culverts obstruct the river's flow, preventing certain species from passing upstream and threatening road safety during rain events. "We'll see a natural stream dimension return," said Kimberly Balke, program director at the Conservation Resource Alliance. "We won't have [a] huge impoundment area that's full of muck. ... That single culvert is acting like a dam, really, for how undersized it is." <i>(Photo: Conservation Resource Alliance)</i>](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dad5f93/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1141+0+111/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fa3%2Fbf%2F91c6be40465da4247412f28deff6%2Fdji-0236.jpg)
Three aging culverts will be removed — two of which are the last human-made obstructions on main stem of the Jordan River. -
Federal officials are working to undo more than 50 years of dredging on the Platte River at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. -
When most people hear the word “reef,” they imagine bright coral in some tropical place. But reefs are found everywhere, including the Great Lakes – and in many places, they’re being degraded. -
Funding from a $77-million-dollar settlement with Dow Chemical Company is helping cover a number of nature restoration projects in the Saginaw Bay Watershed. Public comment on the projects is now open. -
Restoration plans for the Grand River have been underway for several years. -
A nearly hundred year old WWI memorial in Gladwin County has gotten a much-needed facelift.The monument was built in 1925, and has deteriorated… -
Michigan is looking for people to offer up their land in the name of restoration. The DNR is asking people with environmentally sensitive land to consider… -
A Traverse City creek will be ‘under renovation’ again this year for the 14th year in a row. Local officials have received new grant money to continue…
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![Three aging culverts in the Jordan River watershed will be replaced with timber bridges this fall. The culverts obstruct the river's flow, preventing certain species from passing upstream and threatening road safety during rain events. "We'll see a natural stream dimension return," said Kimberly Balke, program director at the Conservation Resource Alliance. "We won't have [a] huge impoundment area that's full of muck. ... That single culvert is acting like a dam, really, for how undersized it is." <i>(Photo: Conservation Resource Alliance)</i>](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/62414e4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1141+0+111/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fa3%2Fbf%2F91c6be40465da4247412f28deff6%2Fdji-0236.jpg)
