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9 & 10 News Judge Rules TC FishPass Must Go to a Vote; Project Stopped “I’m so happy we saved a city park, which is what this was all about. “ - Rick Buckhalter April 29, 2021 The fate of the FishPass project is decided – and now the city of Traverse City has a decision to make. Thursday a judge took up the issue of whether the issue must go to voters, or whether the city can move forward with plans at Union Street Dam Park. Construction was stopped just days before it was due to start in January with city resident Rick Buckhalter’s move to sue the city.

Volunteers remove 10,000 pounds of trash from homeless camp near Northern Michigan river Updated 12:32 PM; Today 12:32 PM Volunteers took more than 10,000 pounds of trash from the woods near Boardman River in Grand Traverse County on April, 17, 2021.Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Department Facebook Share GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI – Volunteers took more than 10,000 pounds of trash from the woods near Boardman River in Grand Traverse County over the weekend. The coalition of volunteers on site on Saturday, April 17 included the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department, Traverse Area P...

It may be the same story in 2021. DNR Fisheries Biologist Mark Tonello said unfortunately no work was done in the Cadillac area last year. The Central Lake Michigan Management Unit is the fisheries unit Tonello works within and it covers from the Muskegon River watershed up to the Mackinac Bridge. What that means is, every inland river, stream or lake that flows into Lake Michigan from there to the bridge has two biologists and one crew of three fish technicians. "The problem is we have very few people to cover a huge geographical area," he said. "In a perfect world, we would survey them all,...

Whether fly fishing on Michigan’s Jordan, Pere Marquette or Manistee rivers, Jeff Troutman has found solace and relief from the stresses of work. “It was really a life-changing event,” he said of embracing the outdoor hobby years ago at the suggestion of a psychologist. “And out of that, I wanted to share fly fishing with other people and just what it did for me mentally. It’s been quite a journey.” Not only did the aptly named Troutman – a lifelong musician – start a national podcast about fly fishing titled, “Remote. No Pressure,” but he’s written scores of songs about...

Mar 1, 2021 DNR photo Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries staffers observe nearly transferred Arctic grayling at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery in Marquette County. MARQUETTE — In 2016, a proposed initiative intended to reintroduce Arctic grayling to select Michigan streams was announced. That idea immediately caught fire, and Michigan’s Arctic Grayling Initiative now counts over 40 member organizations among its supporters. A close-up view of an Arctic grayling, held in the palm of a hand, is shown. Before the northern Lower Peninsula was heavily lumbered in the mid- to...