The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is halfway through a $5 million project to remove 27 stream barriers, including 16 dams.

The effort, funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative, has reconnected more than 140 miles of streams, according to a DNR announcement.

The project, which began in June 2023, has already seen the removal of several dams across the state, including the replacement of the 5 Mile Creek Road-stream crossing and Wycamp Creek Road-stream crossing in Emmet County.

"Funding from this partnership helped us restore connectivity to two major fisheries (Five Mile and Wycamp creeks) for LTBB citizens,” said Samuel Day, Great Lakes fisheries research specialist for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, in

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