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January 30th 2012

$50 million pollution cleanup aims to make Indiana’s Grand Calumet River grand again

A few miles southeast of Chicago, in the shadow of an elevated toll road that links the Windy City to Indiana, crews are transforming one of America’s most polluted rivers into an oasis for wildlife. The Grand Calumet River was … Continue reading →

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January 25th 2012

Dam removal resurrects a trout stream

A northern Michigan trout stream that was used for years to support a commercial fish farm is flowing freely again after a dozen small dams were removed. The Flowing Well Trout Farm, built near Kalkaska, Michigan the mid-1900s, erected 12 … Continue reading →

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January 13th 2012

Cleveland project restores natural features in creek

A $923,758 makeover has restored some of the natural beauty to a long-abused creek that flows into Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River. Decades of urban development in Cleveland had turned Big Creek into a polluted mess that was prone to flooding. A … Continue reading →

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January 5th 2012

Trout stream benefits from changes to road-stream crossings

Dams aren’t the only structures that block fish passage and disrupt the natural movement of aquatic life and nutrients in rivers and streams — road crossings can also wreak havoc on waterways. In northeast Michigan, the conservation group Huron Pines … Continue reading →

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December 13th 2011

Modifying dam helps Lake Huron pike fishery recover

There are thousands of dams in the Great Lakes basin, many of which alter river flows, disrupt the movement of sediment and nutrients and isolate fish and other aquatic life from valuable habitat. Many states are working to remove or … Continue reading →

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