Lead by Don Messinger, several volunteers met at Hemlock Crossings Park on Saturday to work on the Pigeon River with Josh Zuiderveen of Streamworks LLC. The group installed some habitat and cleaned a stretch of the river of debris. (see more pictures) Fortunately the garbage picked up was significantly lower than two years ago when...
Author: David Smith (David Smith)
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Rogue River is a TU Home River project
In July of 2010, Michigan’s Rogue River was designated as the most recent Home River program. TU initiated this program based on the premise that everything in a watershed is related and connected, and that watershed restoration requires far more than site-specific treatments.
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The Rogue River is a TU Home River
By David Smith Since 1994, Trout Unlimited has conducted a series of impressive, large-scale watershed projects under its flagship program, the Home Rivers Initiative. In July of 2010, Michigan’s Rogue River was designated as the most recent Home River program. TU initiated this program based on the premise that everything in a watershed is related...
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Trout Unlimited Brokers Dam Removal Agreement on Pigeon River
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2010 Honorable Dennis F. Murphy of the Otsego County Circuit Court today signed an interim order in which Golden Lotus, Inc. agreed to remove a private dam on the Pigeon River that it owns and maintains on its Song of the Morning Ranch property in Otsego County. The agreement is...
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Michigan TU Urges Supreme Court to Rule for Michigan in Asian Carp Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michigan Trout Unlimited urges the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of the State of Michigan’s (and Wisconsin’s, Minnesota’s, Ohio’s, New York’s and Ontario’s) request for preliminary injunctive relief to protect the Great Lakes’ coldwater trout fisheries from the Asian Carp (bighead and silver carp). Contrary to arguments made by State...
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Action Alert on Asian Carp
On December 9th, Trout Unlimited issued an action alert to all TU members in Great Lakes states regarding the Asian carp situation. Unfortunately it appears that the email did not reach everyone so we are reposting that email in our blog. Below is the text from that alert: “Please visit our online action center and...
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Conservation Volunteers Needed!
The Schrems Chapter is kicking off its most aggressive year in conservation in recent history with six major projects and support for several other conservation efforts. The projects cover three watersheds and we need volunteers on all of them! I hope you will join us on one or more of these projects as we work...
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Michigan Trout Unlimited Joins Pigeon River Lawsuit
May 4, 2009 Contact: Bryan Burroughs 517-599-5238 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michigan Trout Unlimited joins litigation against Golden Lotus for failure of dam at Song of the Morning Ranch on the Pigeon River. On March 20 2009, Michigan Trout Unlimited and Pigeon River Country Association filed a motion to intervene in the State of Michigan’s...
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State Files Lawsuit Against Golden Lotus, Inc. Over Pigeon River Fish Kill
The Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Natural Resources, and Michigan Department of Attorney General announced today that a civil lawsuit has been filed today in 46th Judicial Circuit Court, Otsego County, naming Golden Lotus, Incorporated (GLI) as a defendant and alleging violations of various state environmental laws resulting in a significant fish kill in...
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TU Condemns Pigeon River Fish Kill
Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited Condemns Pigeon River Fish Kill On June 22nd 2008, a massive fish kill occurred on the Pigeon River in northern Michigan east of Vanderbilt. A discharge of sediment and water from a dam is being blamed for the fish kill. The Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited voted to condemn this...