Restore fish passage barriers with channel spanning timber bridge structures, in-stream habitat and channel restoration to restore aquatic organism passage for brook trout, lake sturgeon, and other coldwater species, and improve degraded riparian habitat benefiting species such as the federally endangered Hungerford's crawling water beetle. Project will open 8 miles of stream, reduce sediment loading by 200 tons annually and rectify two passage barriers.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Improving Aquatic Organism Passage on the East Branch Maple River (MI)
Organization:
Conservation Resource Alliance
Project ID:
0501.20.068032
Description:
Award Amount:
$285000.00
Location:
The historic Lake Kathleen impoundment on the east Branch Maple River in Emmet County, Michigan