The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership announced Thursday they have granted the Bad River Natural Resources Department $55,115 for the Graveyard Creek Habitat Restoration project. Continue reading “Bad River receives grant for fish habitat restoration”
Day: August 3, 2011
4.5 million more for the fish!
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Smaller textDutch Fork to be refilled starting next fall
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The project
Details about repairing Dutch Fork Lake:
History: Dutch Fork Lake was created in 1959. That dam had outlived its usefulness when the lake was drained in 2004, Fish and Boat Commission officials said.
Cost: $4.5 million, with the money coming from a state H2O grant.
Timeline: Work to repair Dutch Fork Lake will begin next week and should be complete by May or June 2012. The lake will reopen to fishing in April 2013.
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