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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, Traverse City Commissioners unanimously voted to file an appeal on the decision.
They also adopted a resolution asking for legal assistance in the case.
EAST CHARLESTON The NorthWoods Stewardship Center and the Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) have each been awarded grant funding through the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department to improve stream habitat restoration and public water access in the Memphremagog watershed.
The NorthWoods Stewardship Center received $290,991 in grant funding to be apportioned to restoration, accessibility, enhancement, and seed sourcing projects in the Memphremagog Watershed over a two-year period.
“This continued grant funding allows us to build on the outreach and restoration work that we started last year in the Willoughby, Barton, and Black River watersheds,” said NorthWoods Conservation Science Director Meghann Carter. “In addition, we are now funded to do 15 weeks of project implementation work each year, with a focus on increasing accessibility, water quality, and wildlife habitat of state-owned properties through a variety of projects including riparian buffer planting, streambank