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Jun. 2—TRAVERSE CITY — Draft plans to access and protect the Boardman River from pollution in the heart of Traverse City are rounding the bend. But the Unified Lower Boardman River Plan needs more work, particularly more feedback on a document already informed by considerable public input, said Harry Burkholder, the city Downtown Development Authority's chief operations officer. It's the next ...

Last month, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources trapped and relocated the bear about 90 miles east in an area between Hillman and Fairview.

Governor Whitmer announces Traverse City housing project State of Michigan and last updated 2021-05-25 16:40:31-04 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved investment for a housing development project to support growth and economic recovery. “As we put Michigan back to work, I’m excited about this new housing investment which will make a huge difference in the lives of Traverse City residents and help small businesses grow,” said Governor Whitmer. "I...

9 & 10 News May 18, 2021 Traverse City will appeal a ruling which put the future of it’s Fishpass Project in jeopardy. Construction on the $20 million dollar fish research station and invasive species barrier on the Boardman River was supposed to start in January. But Traverse City resident Rick Buckhalter sued to the city to stop it. Last month, a judge ruled the project could not move forward yet because it would technically be a non-park facility built on park property. On Monday night, Tr...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan Detroit News. May 8, 2021. Editorial: Whitmer must avert Line 5 face-off with Canada Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is recklessly placing Michigan at the center of an international trade showdown with her order that the Line 5 petroleum pipeline must cease operations by Wednesday. The governor revoked Enbridge Inc.’s 67-year-old right-of-way across the Straits of Mackinac last November, short-circuiting an existing and sensible agreement that would replace the pipeline with...

May 10, 2021 A sturgeon swam into the Boardman River in Traverse City last week. That doesn’t happen every day. The last time the Record-Eagle reported such a sighting was May 2019. We hope people get a chance to see more of the gentle giant in the Boardman and in other Michigan waters. The big fish is a spectacular example of long-term survival. Sometimes referred to as a living dinosaur, traces of the sturgeon’s ancestors have been found in fossil records more than 200 million years old. ...

9 & 10 News Becky Ewing to retire May 16th, Sakura Takano will take over as Executive Director. May 7, 2021 Photo Courtesy Rotary Charities Rotary Charities has been around in the Grand Traverse region since the 1970’s. The group distributes oil and gas revenue from property in the Boardman River Valley, to community causes throughout the five-county area. Over the years that’s included things like the State Theater, the City Opera House, and the Park Place Hotel. It also means grants and ...

A judge ruled Thursday that the $19.3 million project, which would allow scientists to test technology that allows some fish to pass through a dam on the Boardman River while others are kept out, can’t proceed without voters’ consent.

  The Union Street Dam is the last impediment to a free-flowing Boardman River. Downstream of the dam is a popular fishing spot. Credit Lexi Krupp / IPR News A five-foot-long female sturgeon was spotted this week in the Boardman River in Traverse City. Fishery experts say theres ideal spawning habitat for the species upstream, but the large fish can’t get there — there’s a dam in the way.  The proposed FishPass project at the Union Street Dam could allow native fish like sturgeon to sw...

9 & 10 News April 29, 2021 It’s not quite as mythical or legendary as the Loch Ness Monster, but seeing a sturgeon in Traverse City’s Boardman River is still a pretty rare event. But that’s exactly what’s happened – on several occasions this week. Social media has been buzzing with reported sturgeon sightings, and one woman caught it on camera. Leah McCallum walks along the Boardman going to and from work, and says she just looked down one day and saw the giant fish. “I walk to wor...