Some Northern Michigan rivers are getting a bit of help, thanks to a few generous grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
The department has awarded nearly $200,000 in grants to help take on three river habitat improvement projects.
The money is being provided by the Habitat Improvement Account, which is funded by Consumers Energy.
More than $58,000 of it will go toward helping non-profit organization Huron Pines complete the removal of Buhl Dam on the Pine River, which will improve water quality and fish movement.
More than $30,000 will help the Mason-Griffith Founders Chapter of Trout Unlimited gather information to help generate a list for habitat improvements on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers.
And nearly $100,000 will go to the DNR’s Fisheries Division to help pay to replace equipment used to manage the Muskegon Walleye Pond, which provides fingerling walleye stocked into the Muskegon River.
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