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DNR awarding over $1.7M in grants for conservation projects

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A Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Habitat Grant will fund replacement of the Republic Dam with a rock-arch rapids that will allow fish passage into the 6,400-acre Michigamme Reservoir and upstream for 40 miles. Projects awarded grants will enhance fish habitats. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Roell, PE–GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C.)

MARQUETTE -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is awarding over $1.7 million in Fisheries Habitat Grants for conservation projects on lakes and streams statewide. These funds are matched by more than $3.2 million in partner contributions, for a total conservation value of about $5 million.

The projects will rehabilitate and protect valuable fish habitats that provide the foundation for Michigan's world-class fisheries.

Regional projects and their recipients funded by the Fisheries Habitat Grant program include the Michigamme River Basin Water Resources Improvement Tax Increment Finance Authority for Republic Dam removal and Rock Arch Rapids construction, with the award set at $250,000.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission was awarded $150,000 in a conditional commitment for Sucker River culvert replacement and seasonal sea lamprey barrier construction in Alger County.

For more information about the Fisheries Habitat Grant program and other grant opportunities, visit Michigan.gov/DNRGrants.

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