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Project Titles:
- Remove of Nashville and Maple Hill Dams (FFS #R3TE)
- Replace Silver Creek Culvert (FFS #R3TF)
State: Michigan
Project Description: The Green Bay National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in Wisconsin will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to support removal of the Nashville Dam on the Thornapple River in Barry County, Mich. and Maple Hill Dam on Butternut Creek in Eaton County, Mich. Additional Recovery Act funding will support the replacement of a perched culvert on Silver Creek in the Manistee River Watershed in Lake County, Mich.
Removal of the Nashville and Maple Hill Dams will open up 60 mainstem and 105 tributary stream miles and reconnect five inland lakes to the Thornapple River, which will benefit fish and other aquatic resources. Habitat fragmentation has caused loss of species diversity upstream of the dams. The second project in Lake County will open four miles of fish passage upstream, reduce dissolved oxygen fluctuations and increase habitat quality for fish and aquatic organisms in Silver Creek.
For additional information about Green Bay National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, visit the Green Bay Ecological Services Office website.
Photos: Click the images to view more photos from the project sites.
 Nashville Dam |
 Maple Hill Dam |
 Silver Creek |
News Releases:
Originally posted 08/07/2009
Updated 09/25/2009
Updated 10/01/2009
