Rivers https://www.wcmu.org/tags/rivers Rivers en-US Copyright Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:51:49 GMT Michigan plans to reintroduce locally extinct fish this spring https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-01-16/michigan-plans-to-reintroduce-locally-extinct-fish-this-spring The arctic grayling vanished from Michigan in the 1930s, but the salmon-like fish could soon make a comeback. Around 500,000 fertilized eggs could be stocked this spring. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:51:49 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-01-16/michigan-plans-to-reintroduce-locally-extinct-fish-this-spring Teresa Homsi Environmental DNA calculates sturgeon populations in Michigan rivers https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-06-18/environmental-dna-calculates-sturgeon-populations-in-michigan-rivers Fish and Wildlife native species crews from the northeast were sent downstate to help with a large lake sturgeon project that's helping geneticists use eDNA to detect sturgeon populations. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:51:44 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-06-18/environmental-dna-calculates-sturgeon-populations-in-michigan-rivers Courtney Boyd Looking to buy 13 hydroelectric dams? Give Consumers a call https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-02-02/looking-to-buy-13-hydroelectric-dams-give-consumers-a-call Who wants to buy thirteen hydroelectric dams? That's exactly what Consumers Energy is trying to figure out. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:34:48 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-02-02/looking-to-buy-13-hydroelectric-dams-give-consumers-a-call Teresa Homsi Platte Point restoration aims to undo 50 years worth of dredging https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-12-04/platte-point-restoration-aims-to-undo-50-years-worth-of-dredging Federal officials are working to undo more than 50 years of dredging on the Platte River at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:58:06 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-12-04/platte-point-restoration-aims-to-undo-50-years-worth-of-dredging Teresa Homsi Consumers considers selling 13 dams to cut costs, retain reservoirs https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-10/consumers-considers-selling-13-dams-to-cut-costs-retain-reservoirs Consumers Energy says it may sell 13 hydroelectric dams across the state. The announcement follows more than a year of reckoning about the dams’ futures. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:09:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-10/consumers-considers-selling-13-dams-to-cut-costs-retain-reservoirs Teresa Homsi State receiving $5 million in grant funding for stream restoration https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-11-28/state-receiving-5-million-in-grant-funding-for-stream-restoration The state recently received a 5 million-dollar grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation to support “stream restoration” projects in fourteen Michigan counties. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:50:39 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-11-28/state-receiving-5-million-in-grant-funding-for-stream-restoration Teresa Homsi Dozens of lakes, streams and other geographical areas in Michigan will now have new names https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-09-12/dozens-of-lakes-streams-and-other-geographical-areas-in-michigan-will-now-have-new-names More than thirty geographic landmarks in Michigan have been given new names this week. Mon, 12 Sep 2022 22:31:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-09-12/dozens-of-lakes-streams-and-other-geographical-areas-in-michigan-will-now-have-new-names Michelle Jokisch Polo