Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited contributed $4,500 to the Kinney Creek dam removal project. The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly (MRWA) was able to use that money to find matching funds to raise the $12,000 needed to remove the dam.

Kinney Creek is a tributary of the Muskegon river. Historic fish surveys show that the stream supports a healthy brook and brown trout population. The dam that was removed created a one-acre pond. The resulting solar absorption adversely affected fish habitat quality downstream. With the dam removed the stream has been properly restored.

You can learn more about the scope of the project here.

Here are a few photos of the site showing the dam prior to board removal, and once the boards were removed which began to restore the creek.