Huron Pines Resource Conservation And Development Council Inc

RECONNECTING AND RESTORING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN'S PREMIER COLDWATER RIVER SYSTEMS

ARRA HURON PINE RIVER VAN ETTTEN LAKE WATERSHED

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 111-88. SPECIFICALL

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REDUCE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH HAZARDOUS FOREST FUELS CONDITIONS ON US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE LANDS THAT ARE PART OF THE KIRTLAND WARBLER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. SPECIFICALLY WE WILL WORK WITH A FORESTRY COMPANY TO HARVEST JACK PINE FROM AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES OF JACK PINE PLANTATIONS TO REDUCE THEIR TREE DENSITY AND SPUR REGENERATION. WE WILL ALSO MOW VEGETATION ALONG AT LEAST FOUR MILES OF PROPERTY BOUNDARIES TO SERVE AS BURN BREAKS THAT WILL PREPARE PARCELS FOR FUTURE PRESCRIBED FIRE MANAGEMENT AND SERVE AS CONTINGENCY LINES IN THE EVENT OF WILDFIRE. THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT, WE EXPECT TO ACHIEVE EACH OF OUR OBJECTIVES, WHICH WILL RESULT IN REDUCED WILDFIRE RISK ON KWWMA PARCELS AND MORE VIBRANT WILDLIFE HABITATS.

LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO PRESCRIBED FIRE IN MICHIGAN

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 113-16. THIS PROJEC

UPPER PIGEON RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION

NORTHEAST MICHIGAN CONTAINS MANY MILES OF LAKE HURON SHORELINE HABITATS AND ISLANDS THAT SUPPORT GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES. THE DISRUPTION OF NATURAL PROCESSES FROM POLLUTION, DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND INVASIVE SPECIES HAS CAUSED THE EXTIRPATION AND DECLINE OF MANY SPECIES IN THE REGION. WHILE MANY OF THE LAKE HURON ISLANDS HAVE BEEN SPARED THE PRESSURE OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE, THEY ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND INVASIVE SPECIES. HURON PINES AND OUR PARTNERS, USFWS PERSONNEL, MICHIGAN NATURAL FEATURES INVENTORY, AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, HAVE PRIORITIZED 10 ISLANDS OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE IN LAKE HURON TO RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE RESTORATION EFFORTS THAT WILL BENEFIT AND SUSTAIN LOCAL BIODIVERSITY AND INFORM CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR MICHIGAN S GREAT LAKES ISLANDS. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EXTENSIVE SURVEYS TO REPLACE INCOMPLETE OR OUTDATED ISLAND INVENTORIES, INVASIVE SPECIES TREATMENTS, POPULATION MONITORING AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT FOR FEDERALLY ENDANGERED PIPING PLOVER, POPULATION MONITORING AND AUGMENTATION FOR FEDERALLY THREATENED PITCHER S THISTLE, AND PRESCRIBED FIRE. THROUGH THIS COLLABORATIVE, LANDSCAPE-LEVEL PROJECT, MANY SPECIES THAT RELY ON GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT SHORELINE HABITATS WILL BENEFIT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

REPLACE UNDERSIZED CULVERT STRUCTURES FOR BROOK TROUT AND OTHER SPECIES, RESTORE NATURAL RIVER PROCESSES, ADEQUATELY PASS FLOOD EVENT FLOWS, REDUCE INPUTS OF SEDIMENT POLLUTION, AND ELIMINATE RISK OF FUTURE ROAD WASHOUTS.

PINE BARRENS WERE ONCE COMMON TO MICHIGANS NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA AND PROVIDED HABITAT FOR A WIDE DIVERSITY OF UNIQUE FLORA AND FAUNA. HOWEVER THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE SPECIALIZED ECOSYSTEMS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO PLANTATIONS OR OTHER LAND USES AND ARE NOW A STATE IMPERILED NATURAL COMMUNITY. PINE BARRENS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT POPULATIONS OF SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED INCLUDING THE KIRTLANDS WARBLER MASSASAUGA RATTLESNAKE WOOD TURTLE NORTHERN HARRIER BLACK BACKED WOODPECKER WHIPPOORWILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK SPRUCE GROUSE AND PRAIRIE WARBLER AS WELL AS INSECTS SUCH AS YELLOW BANDED BUMBLEBEE BLAZING STAR BORER MOTH DUSTED SKIPPER AND SECRETIVE LOCUST. THEY ALSO PROVIDE NATURAL FUEL BREAKS THAT CAN HELP TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK TO RESOURCES AND COMMUNITIES.THE KIRTLANDS WARBLER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA OWNED BY THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE COVERS OVER SIX THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN PARCELS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. HURON PINES HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN STEWARDING THESE PARCELS TO RESTORE AND ENHANCE PINE BARRENS HABITAT. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT FUNDED BY THIS GRANT WILL BE TO FACILITATE THE CONTINUED MANAGEMENT OF KIRTLANDS WARBLER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA PARCELS AND TO WORK WITH OTHER PUBLIC LANDOWNERS TO APPLY A COHESIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT. THIS EFFORT WILL SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY IN AND AROUND MICHIGANS KIRTLANDS WARBLER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND IMPROVE HABITAT HEALTH AND CONNECTIVITY FOR RARE SPECIES AND THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES THEY DEPEND ON. MANAGEMENT SUCCESSES ACHIEVED THROUGH THIS PROJECT WILL HELP DIRECT STEWARDSHIP THROUGHOUT NORTHERN MICHIGAN.THE PROJECT WILL REQUIRE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING AND OUTREACH TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE CURRENT ECOLOGICAL AND CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS OF AT LEAST FOUR HUNDRED ACRES OF KIRTLANDS WARBLER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LANDS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO DEVELOP MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTIONS. A MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE CREATED WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO GUIDE A UNIFIED MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO MICHIGANS PINE BARRENS. LASTLY MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES OF NEW LANDS WITH ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENT OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES WHERE PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE. ECOLOGICAL MONITORING ON RESTORED ACRES WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ESSENTIAL TO AN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.

CENTRALLY LOCATED IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN WITHIN THE NORTH AMERICAN LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES BASIN, THE OBTAWAING BIOSPHERE REGION (OBR) LIES AT THE CONVERGENCE OF TWO PENINSULAS, THREE GREAT LAKES, AND NUMEROUS CULTURES. IN 2021, UNESCO RECOGNIZED THE OBR IN ITS MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME AS A REGION OF GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE EXISTING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR COORDINATED REGIONAL PLANNING FOR COASTAL SYSTEMS. THROUGH THIS REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER AND TRIBAL LEADERSHIP WILL BE ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION PLANNING. GREAT LAKES REGIONAL PLANS, DECISION-MAKING TOOLS, AND DATA WILL BE COMPILED, SYNTHESIZED AND INTEGRATED INTO COORDINATED SUB-REGIONAL TO LOCAL PLANS AND ON-THE-GROUND EFFORTS RESULTING IN A PRIORITIZED COASTAL PROJECT LIST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING EXPLORATION.

UPPER BLACK RIVER ROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS

JACK PINE HABITAT CONNECTIVITY AND ECOLOGICAL FORESTRY

KIRTLAND S WARBLER HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP PROJECT

IMPROVE NATIVE BROOK TROUT HABITAT BY RECONNECTING 41.5 MILES OF UPSTREAM AQUATIC HABITAT AND RESTORE NATURAL RIVER PROCESSES BY REPLACING SIX IMPAIRED ROAD/STREAM CROSSING SITES WITH APPROPRIATELY SIZED AND ALIGNED CROSSING STRUCTURES.

THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE AN UNDERSIZED PERCHED CULVERT ON DUCK CREEK (SOUTH BRANCH PIGEON RIVER) AT WILKINSON ROAD TO RECONNECT FISH PASSAGE, RESTORE STREAM FUNCTION, AND REDUCE EROSION AND FLOODING. THE NEW STRUCTURE WILL BE SIZED TO MEET OR EXCEED BANKFULL WIDITH OF THE NATURAL STREAM CHANNEL AND WILL ALLOW FOR YEAR-ROUND FISH PASSAGE AND ADEQUATE PASSAGE OF WATER UNDER ALL FLOW CONDITIONS.

THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE HABITAT FOR NATIVE BROOK TROUT AND OTHER NATIVE SPECIES BY RESTORING NATURAL RIVER PROCESSES AND RECONNECTING APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES OF UPSTREAM, COLDWATER AQUATIC HABITAT ON BEAVERTAIL CREEK BY REPLACING TWO IMPAIRED ROAD STREAM CROSSINGS ON SOUTH PRENTISS BAY ROAD IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY THE EXISTING CROSSINGS DISRUPT FISH PASSAGE AND CAUSE EROSION PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS WHERE THE CREEK OVERTOPS THE ROAD NEW CROSSING STRUCTURES WILL BE APPROPRIATELY SIZED AND WILL MEET OR EXCEED BANKFULL CHANNEL WIDTH, PROVIDING AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE TO UPSTREAM HABITAT DURING ALL LIFECYCLE MOVEMENTS A THIRD BEAVERTAIL CREEK CROSSING WILL BE REPLACED AT THE BEAVERTAIL CREEK STATE FOREST ROAD WHICH WILL ADD VALUE TO THE PROJECT, BUT FUNDING FOR THIS CROSSING REPLACEMENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY OTHER SOURCES

FOREVER DUNCAN BAY: COASTAL WETLAND RESTORATION IN CHEBOYGAN, MI

HURON PINES AND PARTNERS WILL PROTECT AND RESTORE ENDEMIC GREAT LAKES SHORELINE HABITATS AND THE SPECIES THEY SUPPORT THROUGH MONITORING, PRIVATE LANDOWNER OUTREACH AND ACTIVE RESTORATION WE WILL ORGANIZE AND EXPAND MONITORING AND PROTECTION EFFORTS FOR THE ENDANGERED PIPING PLOVER IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON PROTECTING AND RESTORING DUNE, INTERDUNAL WETLANDS AND SAND COBBLE BEACHES BY INCREASING AND IMPROVING INVENTORY, INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES, MIMICKING NATURAL DISTURBANCE, DATA SHARING AND PRIVATE LANDOWNER ENGAGEMENT PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES1 SURVEY 25 MILES OF SHORELINE FOR PIPING PLOVER OCCURRENCES AND NESTING HABITAT SUITABILITY THIS INCLUDES TRAINING STAFF, SEASONAL CREW, HURON PINES AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS ON IDENTIFICATION, BANDING, REPORTING AND EXCLOSURE MONITORING MONITORING ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON STATE PARKS, DESIGNATED NATURE PRESERVES, UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE MICHIGAN ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND PRIVATE LAND THAT CONTAINSUITABLE HABITAT 2 WE WILL RESTORE 120 ACRES OF DUNES, EPHEMERAL POOLS, INTERDUNAL WETLANDS AND SAND OR COBBLE BEACHES THROUGH INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, NATIVE PLANTINGS AND WOODY SPECIES REMOVAL RESTORED ACRES INCLUDE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, VEGETATION SETBACKS AND NATIVE PLANTINGS FOR DUNE STABILIZATION ON PUBLIC LANDS AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN POORLY MANAGED RESTORATION ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON STATE PARKS, DESIGNATED NATURE PRESERVES, UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE MICHIGAN ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND PRIVATE LAND THAT CONTAIN SUITABLEHABITAT 3 ENGAGE AT LEAST 50 PRIVATE LANDOWNERS THIS INCLUDES TARGETED MAILINGS TO BEACHFRONT OWNERS, IN PERSON SITE VISITS AND SHARING OUR RARE SPECIES LANDOWNER GUIDES IMPROVE HABITAT CONNECTIVITY AND QUALITY BY RAISING AWARENESS, TAILORING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION MATERIALS TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND LANDOWNERS IN ORDER TO EMPOWER LANDOWNERS TO BECOME SHORELINE STEWARDS 4 HOLD BIANNUAL PARTNER MEETINGS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS INORDER TO IMPLEMENT HIGH IMPACT PIPING PLOVER CONSERVATION PROJECTS THE PARTNERSHIP WILL COLLABORATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRIORITIZED LIST OF MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POST PROPOSAL WORK

RIFLE RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION

HURON PINES RC&D COUNCIL INC

HURON PINES SEEKS TO CREATE COASTAL COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN RURAL TOWNS ON THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA. THE SMALL, RURAL CITIES OF AU GRES, TAWAS, EAST TAWAS, AND ROGERS CITY ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY STORMWATER POLLUTION AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL 1) IDENTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ISSUES DUE TO STORMWATER RUN-OFF, 2) STRATEGICALLY PLAN AND LEVERAGE FUNDING TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN THE LONG TERM, AND 3) FACILITATE THE CREATION OF CHANGE FROM WITHIN TO GET THESE SMALL, OFTEN COMPETING CITIES TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE GREAT LAKES AND, IN TURN, THE HEALTH OF LOCAL RESIDENTS. PROJECT OUTPUTS INCLUDE: 3 HIGH-LEVEL REVIEWS OF CURRENT STORMWATER DATA AND ORDINANCES OF THE AREA, 4 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PRESENTATIONS BY STAKEHOLDERS TO THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND A LONG-TERM STUDY REFLECTING DATA ON BEACH CLOSURES, WATER BORNE ILLNESSES AND WATER QUALITY, 6

THE WEST BRANCH TITTABAWASSEE RIVER DAM IS AN OBSOLETE CONCRETE STRUCTURE, WHICH THE PRIVATE LANDOWNER WISHES TO HAVE REMOVED AND WHICH BLOCKS UPSTREAM FISH PASSAGE AND DISRUPTS A SUITE OF RIVER PROCESSES INCLUDING HYDROLOGY, CHANNEL GEOMORPHOLOGY, AND TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENT, WOOD, AND OTHER MATERIALS THROUGH THE RIVER SYSTEM THROUGH THIS PROJECT WE WILL FULLY REMOVE THE EXISTING DAM TO RECONNECT AQUATIC HABITAT 6 2 UPSTREAM MILES OF HIGH QUALITY COLDWATER STREAM THAT SUPPORTS TROUT AND MANY NATIVE SPECIES A BOTTOMLESS BOX CULVERT, SIZED TO SPAN BANKFULL WIDTH OF THE RIVER, WILL BE INSTALLED ONCE THE DAM IS GONE TO PRESERVE THE LANDOWNERS ACCESS ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY ALL PROJECT WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SUMMER 2022

THE TWIN UNDERSIZED PIPES AT SPARR ROAD OVER BLACK RIVER IN OTSEGO COUNTY, MICHIGAN WILL BE REPLACED WITH A BOTTOMLESS BOX CULVERT SIZED TO EXCEED BANKFULL WIDTH TO RESTORE UPSTREAM FISH PASSAGE AND A SUITE OF NATURAL RIVER PROCESSES. A SECOND UNDERSIZED AND PERCHED CULVERT AT NEARBY JOHNSONS CROSSING OVER A TRIBUTARY OF THE BLACK RIVER WILL ALSO BE REPLACED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. APPROXIMATELY 9 UPSTREAM MILES OF AQUATIC HABITAT WILL BE RECONNECTED THROUGH THIS PROJECT. THE UPPER BLACK RIVER IS A WORLD-CLASS BROOK TROUT FISHERY AND IS A PRIORITY WATERSHED FOR USFWS, MICHIGAN DNR, AND MANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. PROJECT WORK IS ANTICIPATED FOR FALL 2022 CONSTRUCTION IF SUFFICIENT FUNDING IS SECURED IN TIME TO HIRE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO RECONNECT APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES OF UPSTREAM HABITAT FOR BROOK TROUT PASSAGE IN SHERIDAN CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WHILE ALLEVIATING OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE UNDERSIZED CULVERTS SUCH AS EROSION AND STORM WATER POLLUTION IMPAIRED TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENT AND WOODY DEBRIS AND ROAD MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY FULLY REPLACING THESE TRIPLE UNDERSIZED CULVERTS WITH A BOTTOMLESS, CHANNEL-SPANNING BOX CULVERT.

TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS TODAY FOR HEALTHY WATERS TOMORROW - FOSTERING STUDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS OF NORTHEAST MICHIGAN???S TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS??? ROLES IN WATERSHED HEALTH

CHARITY ISLANDS PHRAGMITES TREATMENT PROJECT

RECONNECTING HABITAT IN UPPER EBR AUGRES HEADER TEXT: 08-21-2017 - NEW AGREEMENT REQUEST - RECONNECTING HABITAT IN UPPER EBR AUGRES - PLEASE SEE ALL ATTACHED REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. PLEASE SEND APPROVED PO TO MATTHEW KOWALSKI AND DON WILEY, KA

HAYNES CREEK, BEATON ROAD CROSSING RESTORATION, BLACK RIVER ALCONA COUNTY, MI

STURGEON RIVER WATERSHED HABITAT MANAGEMENT

SANBACK DAM IS A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD DAM ON BEECHWOOD CREEK IN ROSE CITY, MI, AND IT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND RATED AS UNSATISFACTORY BY THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY DAM SAFETY PROGRAM, PROMPTING A NEED FOR ACTION. THE DAM BLOCKS AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE AND IS CONTRIBUTING THERMAL POLLUTION TO BEECHWOOD CREEK AND HOUGHTON CREEK, A DESIGNATED NATURAL RIVER AND TROUT STREAM TO WHICH IT FLOWS. THE DAM IS IN A SEVERELY DETERIORATED CONDITION, AND A FUTURE FAILURE WOULD CAUSE MAJOR ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE DUE TO UNCONTROLLED CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION. DAM FAILURE COULD ALSO BE A SERIOUS THREAT TO HUMAN SAFETY, PROPERTY, AND DOWNSTREAM INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CITY OF ROSE CITY, WHICH OWNS THE DAM AND SURROUNDING PARK, APPROACHED HURON PINES FOR ASSISTANCE WITH DAM REMOVAL, AND OTHER PROJECT PARTNERS ARE WIDELY SUPPORTIVE OF FULL DAM REMOVAL WITH POST-RESTORATION NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN STREAM RESTORATION AND WETLAND RESTORATION. THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN INCLUDES CONTROLLED DEWATERING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RIGOROUS SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THAT CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS ARE NOT MOBILIZING DOWNSTREAM TO THE RIFLE RIVER AND ULTIMATELY SAGINAW BAY. THE WETLAND RESTORATION WILL INCLUDE PLANTING DIVERSE NATIVE SPECIES SUCH AS MILKWEED FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND VARIOUS POLLINATOR SPECIES. THE REMOVAL OF THE DAM AND ASSOCIATED RIVER CHANNEL RESTORATION WILL RECONNECT APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES OF UPSTREAM HABITAT, WHICH BENEFITS WILD BROOK TROUT AND OTHER DESIRABLE AQUATIC ORGANISMS (USFWS SEA LAMPREY CONTROL PROGRAM STAFF HAVE REVIEWED AND GREEN-LIGHTED THIS PROJECT FROM A LAMPREY CONTROL PERSPECTIVE). BROOK TROUT AND OTHER FISH, MACROINVERTEBRATES, AND OTHER AQUATIC ORGANISMS WILL ALSO BE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED FROM THE RISK OF A FUTURE DAM FAILURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE DRASTIC NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON FISH, WILDLIFE, AND HABITAT IN HOUGHTON CREEK, THE RIFLE RIVER, AND LIKELY EXTENDING TO SAGINAW BAY COASTAL WETLANDS ADJACENT TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIFLE RIVER. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN: 1 SIGNIFICANT-HAZARD DAM REMOVED 0.5 UPSTREAM MILES OF COLDWATER STREAM RECONNECTED 14.47 ACRES OF WETLAND HABITAT IMPROVED AND PROTECTED THROUGH INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT AND NATIVE PLANTINGS PROTECTION OF 70 MILES OF DOWNSTREAM COLDWATER HABITAT IN HOUGHTON CREEK AND THE RIFLE RIVER, SAGINAW BAY, AND COASTAL WETLANDS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIFLE RIVER DUE TO AVOIDANCE OF POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE OF SANBACK DAM AND ENGAGEMENT OF 50 ROSE CITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE DESIGN AND PARK SPACE VISIONING PROCESS, POST-DAM REMOVAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECT UPDATES THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA UPDATES TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC.

BROOK TROUT HABITAT RESTORATION: PIGEON RIVER/FORD LAKE ROAD IMPROVEMENT

RESTORE AND MANAGE HABITAT IN OTSEGO COUNTY

BIG CHARITY ISLAND IS LOCATED IN SAGINAW BAY OF LAKE HURON. MORE THAN 80% OF THE ISLAND IS PART OF THE MICHIGAN ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, MANAGED BY THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE SHIAWASSE REFUGE. BIG CHARITY ISLAND PROVIDES IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS AND A VARIETY OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO CONTINUE A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES THREATENING THE SENSITIVE COASTAL HABITATS, PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE RESIDENT PITCHER'S THISTLE (CIRSIUM PITCHERI) POPULATION, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE ISLAND AND EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

HURON PINES IS PARTNERING WITH CAMP GRAYLING JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER IN ORDER TO SET THE STAGE FOR BRINGING FIRE BACK TO THE FIRE-DEPENDENT WET-MESIC SAND PRAIRIE. THE WET-MESIC SAND PRAIRIE, PART OF THE LOCALLY NAMED PORTAGE CREEK COMPLEX, IS HOME TO FEDERALLY THREATENED PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES. HURON PINES WILL SELECT A CONTRACTOR THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS TO CREATE A 100 TO 150-FOOT FIRE BREAK, EQUALLING APPROXIMATELY 21 ACRES, IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE SITE FOR THE RETURN OF INTERMITTENT FIRE. THE RETURN OF FIRE TO THIS COMPLEX WILL RESTORE NATURAL ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES, ENHANCE ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, REDUCE FUEL LOADING AND WILDFIRE RISK, AND PROMOTE THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF FORESTS.

HURON PINES AMERICORPS WILL PROVIDE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL WORK IN THE MICHIGAN FIELD OFFICE ON ENDANGERED SPECIES OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. THE HURON PINES AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON ENDANGERED SPECIES AND CONSERVATION CAREER AWARENESS TARGETED TO GRADE AND/OR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE LANSING, ML AREA. OUTREACH MATERIALS MAY ALSO TARGET THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND/OR CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. THE USFWS WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY INVOLVED BY PARTICIPATING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE RECIPIENT IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PROJECT. SPECIFICALLY THE USFWS WILL ASSIST IN INTERVIEWING AND SELECTING THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND PROVIDE REGULAR ON-SITE SUPERVISION OF THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS IN ORDER TO GUIDE, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT. THE USFWS WILL ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING TO AMERICORPS MEMBERS ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND MICHIGAN'S ENDANGERED SPECIES.

MIDDLE BRANCH CEDAR RIVER DAM REMOVAL

NORTHEAST MICHIGAN INVASIVE WEED MANAGEMENT

KIRTLAND'S WARBLER ALLIANCE OUTREACH PROGRAM

THE TROUT RIVER DAM BLOCKS AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE AND CONTRIBUTES THERMAL POLLUTION TO THE TROUT RIVER WHICH IS A DESIGNATED TROUT STREAM THAT FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO LAKE HURON. THE DAM IS OVER EIGHTY YEARS OLD AND IS IN A STATE OF DETERIORATION WITH SUBSTANTIAL CRACKING AND SPALLING THROUGHOUT THE CONCRETE AND A LARGE SECTION OF WINGWALL COLLAPSED ONTO THE SPILLWAY. DAM REMOVAL WILL RESTORE NATURAL CHANNEL GEOMETRY AND TRANSFORM THE SHALLOW IMPOUNDMENT BACK INTO A FREE FLOWING RIVER. THIS WILL IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND RESTORE CONNECTIVITY TO TWENTY MILES UPSTREAM AND TO LAKE HURON. DAM REMOVAL WILL ELIMINATE THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF AQUATIC HABITAT DECLINE IN THIS RIVER SYSTEM.

THROUGH THIS PROJECT, HURON PINES WILL INVENTORY 40 ROAD STREAM CROSSING LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST MICHIGAN THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RESTORED, TO UPDATE INVENTORY DATA AND EVALUATE PROJECT EFFECTIVENESS AN ADDITIONAL 40 ROAD STREAM CROSSINGS WILL BE INVENTORIED IN THE BLACK RIVER WATERSHED OF ALCONA COUNTY TO DOCUMENT CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS WATERSHED WHICH WILL HELP PRIORITIZE FUTURE RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES THE THUNDER BAY RIVER WATERSHED AND THE BLACK RIVER WATERSHED OF CHEBOYGAN COUNTY WILL BE SURVEYED FOR HUNGERFORD S CRAWLING WATER BEETLES IN 25 LOCATIONS, AS THESE WATERSHEDS HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE BASED ON HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELING IN ADDITION, HURON PINES WILL BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY ON FRESHWATER MUSSEL IDENTIFICATION AND SURVEY PROTOCOLS, WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING FRESHWATER MUSSEL MONITORING IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN IN THE FUTURE

THE TROUT RIVER DAM IS DETERIORATING AND SERVES AS A FIRST BARRIER TO INVASIVE SEA LAMPREY MIGRATION THE DAM ALSO PREVENTS NATIVE DESIRABLE FISH FROM ACCESSING 20 MILES OF UPSTREAM COLDWATER HABITAT DUE TO THE COMPETING MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL VERSUS NATIVE DESIRABLE FISH PASSAGE , IT IS IMPORTANT TO FULLY ASSESS A RANGE OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS THROUGH A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS THROUGH PHASE 1 OF THIS PROJECT, A STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL OPTIONS I E , DO NOTHING, FULL DAM REMOVAL AND RIVER RESTORATION, REPAIR EXISTING STRUCTURE, CONSTRUCT A NEW FIXED CREST STRUCTURE OR CONSTRUCT A NEW ADJUSTABLE CREST SEASONAL BARRIER STRUCTURE AND TO SELECT A FINAL OPTION THAT WOULD BEST MEET THE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AT THE LOCATION OF THE TROUT RIVER DAM PHASE 1 ALSO INCLUDES DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PROJECT TO SHARE PROJECT INFORMATION, INFORM THE PUBLIC AND TO GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT

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MULLETT CREEK CRUMP ROAD CROSSING

RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

THIS PROJECT WILL UPDATE THE ROAD CROSS INVENTORY DATABASE OF COMPLETED AND POTENTIAL FUTURE RESTORATION PROJECTS PERFORM SURVEYS FOR THE ENDANGERED HUNGERFORDS CRAWLING WATER BEETLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN LAKE HURON BASIN AND INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR HURON PINES PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT MUSSEL SURVEYS

WEST BRANCH TITTABAWASSEE RIVER DAM REMOVAL - DESIGN & PERMITTING (ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI)

HURON PINES KW SUGGESTED VENDOR: HURON PINES RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., DUNS: 617075619 HEADER TEXT: 8/23/17 NEW GRANT WITH HURON PINES RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENDANGERED KIRTLAND'S WARBLER. SJH

INVASIVE SPECIES TREATMENT PLAN 2013

ANDREWS CREEK AT HEATH ROAD RESTORATION PROJECT (RIFLE RIVER WATERSHED)

PROTECTING THE UNIQUE SINKHOLE LAKES IN THE PIGEON RIVER COUNTY STATE FOREST

IMPROVE NATIVE BROOK TROUT HABITAT BY RECONNECTING 15.0 MILES OF UPSTREAM AQUATIC HABITAT AND RESTORE NATURAL RIVER PROCESSES BY REPLACING THE SHINGLE ROAD (CR622))CULVERT ON THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BLACK RIVER ROAD STREAM CROSSING SITE WITH AN APPROPRIATELY SIZED AND ALIGNED CROSSING STRUCTURE.

BUHL DAM REMOVAL FEASIBILITY AND DESIGN

INVASIVE SPECIES TREATMENT IN NORTH - EASTERN MICHIGAN

STREAM RESTORATION

PARTENRS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE

HURON PINES AMERICORPS

HURON PINES AMERICORPS

GRAYLING HATCHERY DAM REMOVAL AND REESTABLISHMENT OF AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE

HURON PINES IS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM FUNDS TO BOTH CONTINUE RESTORATION OF THE MAIN GLADE COMPLEX AND EXPAND RESTORATION EFFORTS TO TWO OTHER SMALLER GLADE COMMUNITIES WITHIN EMILY MIN HUNT PRESERVE.HURON PINES IS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM FUNDS TO BOTH CONTINUERESTORATION OF THE MAIN GLADE COMPLEX AND EXPAND RESTORATION EFFORTS TO TWO OTHER SMALLER GLADECOMMUNITIES WITHIN EMILY MIN HUNT PRESERVE. THE PROPOSED WORK WITHIN THE MAIN COMPLEX WOULDCONSIST OF CONTINUED RETREATMENT OF SPOTTED KNAPWEED, ESPECIALLY THE COMPLETING OF THE INITIALTREATMENT ON THE REMAINING 2 ACRES. TREATMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE FULL COMPLEX (21.5 ACRES)AND COULD EXPAND TO LOWER PRIORITY INVASIVE SPECIES (QUEEN ANNES LACE, LEAFY SPURGE, AND ST.JOHNS-WORT) DEPENDING UPON INVASIVE SPECIES DENSITY IN AREAS TREATED IN 2022. RE-TREATMENT OFWOODY INVASIVE SHRUBS IN AREAS WITHIN THE COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING FOREST. TREATMENT OF RESPROUTSRESULTING FROM THE WOODY ENCROACHMENT TREATMENT. THE LARGEST ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ON NATIVE SPECIESDISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE MAIN COMPLEX IS COOL SEASON GRASSES, IN PREPARATION FOR A PRESCRIBED FIRE TOREDUCE DENSITY AND REMOVE THE RESULTING THICK THATCH LAYER, HURON PINES WILL CREATE A BURN-BREAKAROUND THE MAIN COMPLEX. WITHIN ONE OF THE MOST INTACT SECTIONS, WE ARE PLANNING TO SUPPLEMENTTHE EXISTING VEGETATION COMMUNITY WITH ADDITIONAL LOCAL GENOTYPE SEED FROM PARTNER LANDS ANDFROM HIGHER DENSITY AREAS WITHIN THE COMPLEX. SPECIES TO BE DISPERSED WOULD INCLUDE SANDCOREOPSIS, YARROW, COMMON MILKWEED, HAREBELL AND WOOD LILY. THIS INPUT WILL PROMOTE ADDITIONALBENEFIT TO IMPERILED POLLINATOR SPECIES WHICH ARE KNOWN TO UTILIZE THE GLADE.

WEST BRANCH TITTABAWASSEE RIVER DAM REMOVAL - CONSTRUCTION PHASE

MULLETT CREEK/W. INDIAN ROAD RESTORATION

HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE THUNDER BAY RIVER WATERSHED

HABITAT RESTORATION ON PRIVATE LAND

RESTORE FISH PASSAGE

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HURON PINES CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO DEVELOP NEW EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMING ON THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN MICHIGAN

MILLIGAN CREEK AT WAVELAND ROAD DESIGN AND PLANNING, BLACK RIVER WATERSHED