Guest Blogger 04/15/2023 Dams How To Remove a Dam What nearby communities can expect when a dam comes out of a river Every dam removal is unique, but there… Read More »
Guest Blogger 09/20/2022 Dams Removing Ypsilanti’s Peninsular Paper Dam Prepares for the Future By guest blogger Beth Gibbons The thing about once in a lifetime opportunities is that they only come along once…. Read More »
Guest Blogger 04/27/2022 Dams Birds and Dams -by Juliet Berger, Ornithologist, NAP Across Michigan and throughout the country, old, obsolete dams are being removed from rivers with… Read More »
Guest Blogger 03/16/2022 Restoration Removing Dams Helps Fish Many dams in the U.S. have been an important part of infrastructure, serving to help with flood control and water… Read More »
Guest Blogger 10/05/2021 Dams Hydroelectric Dams, Methane, and the Huron River Dams: Not as green as you might think! Preliminary results from a recent EMU study indicate that dams on the… Read More »
Daniel Brown 05/20/2020 Dams Huron River Safety Updates After the Tittabawassee River Dam Failures The flooding in Midland following the failure of two dams on the Tittabawassee River is devastating. All of us at… Read More »
Anita Daley 02/12/2019 Dams Ypsi Peninsular Dam Study Released. Let’s Talk About it. Located on the Huron River in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the Peninsular Paper Dam was originally constructed in 1867 to provide power… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/15/2016 Dams News to Us HRWC’s commitment to compiling and sharing noteworthy water-related news continues. This month’s News to Us covers the recent listing of… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/17/2015 Dams News to Us This edition of News to Us shares local news on recovering Osprey populations, increasing entrance fees in our metroparks system… Read More »
Ric Lawson 11/09/2015 Dams Geomorphologists Assemble! HRWC recently hosted the first Michigan Aquatic Restoration Conference (MARC) with partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest… Read More »
Elizabeth Riggs 05/11/2015 Dams Barton Dam portage just got easier What better way to kick-off the paddling season than by celebrating the newest improvement on the Huron River Water Trail?… Read More »
Pam Labadie 01/20/2015 Dams The Story of a River Renaissance The Making of Mill Creek Park in Dexter. A look at the second of three short films produced by the… Read More »