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The inaugural river clean up, hosted by the Kalamazoo River Alliance, is happening tomorrow. Here's what you need to know if you plan on volunteering

Increase Kalamazoo River sludge removal, lawmakers urge dam owner Garret Ellison, mlive.com © Garret Ellison | MLive/Garret Ellison | MLive Morrow Dam and seen from River Oaks Park on the Kalamazoo River's Morrow Lake impoundment on Dec. 20, 2020. Michigan EGLE regulators want dam owner Eagle Creek Renewable Energy to remove sediment that washed into the Kalamazoo River. A new report estimates at least 114,000 cubic yards of Morrow Lake impoundment sediment washed downriver after the dam's 1,000-acre reservoir was drawn down unexpectedly in 2019. KALAMAZOO, MI — Thanks fo...

Kalamazoo River restoration projects to use $27M in PCB settlements Updated 2:35 PM; Today 2:30 PM The former Plainwell Paper Co. mill dam spillway along the Kalamazoo River in Plainwell, Mich. on Nov. 20, 2020. The structure would be removed under a draft list of proposed ecological restoration projects being developed with settlement funding from paper companies that contaminated the river with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.Garret Ellison | MLive Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — A suite of ecological restoration projects is being planned along the Kalamazoo River using settlement fun...

Canadian officials testify Line 5 shutdown would have big impact on the region during Michigan Senate committee Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 Enbridge pipeline maintenance crews place an oil containment boom in the St. Clair River during a large-scale practice drill in Marysville in 2016. The drill simulated a 13-minute, 5,000-barrel spill from Line 5. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive)MLive.com Detroit Facebook Share A joint Michigan Senate committee meeting heard testimony Tuesday from Canadian officials and business leaders as a potential shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline...

369k cubic yards of sediment came through Morrow Dam, says river expert Updated Mar 09, 2021; Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — The total shocked Stephen Hamilton. Hamilton, an aquatic ecology professor at Michigan State University, had seen the Kalamazoo River sediment deposits that developed after a hydroelectric dam operator unexpectedly drained its impoundment. He had seen the turbidity in the water, which was so dark with fine sediment particles last year that objects disappeared from view immediately upon immersion. He had paddled through the reservoir behind Morrow Dam, which is owned ...