Replace three undersized road/stream crossings with appropriately sized and aligned crossing structures on Beavertail Creek to provide aquatic organism passage to upstream habitat during all lifecycle movements. Project will connect 17 miles of coldwater habitat to address aquatic habitat fragmentation and sedimentation issues for brook trout and other aquatic species.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Connecting Upstream Habitat for Brook Trout in Beavertail Creek (MI)
Organization:
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc.
Project ID:
0501.22.074874
Description:
Award Amount:
$250142.68
Location:
Beavertail Creek is in the Eastern Upper Peninsula (Chippewa County, MI) and flows into a coastal wetland on the northern Lake Huron shoreline. GPS coordinates of the three project locations:
Site MCW22: 45.991489, -84.211918
Site MCW23: 45.995063, -84.215288
Site MCW24: 46.001646, -84.215320
Site MCW22: 45.991489, -84.211918
Site MCW23: 45.995063, -84.215288
Site MCW24: 46.001646, -84.215320