dam removal

Consumers Energy is considering whether to keep its 13 hydropower dams on Michigan rivers.

Federal environmental regulators want to remove the Otsego City Dam in Allegan County in an effort to clean up toxic chemicals left behind by the paper…

In the state of Michigan, chances are good that if you live near a river or stream, you also live near a dam. There are nearly 2,600 dams in Michigan.…

An effort to restore the rapids to the Grand River in Grand Rapids is slowly making progress.The rapids that gave Michigan’s second-largest city its name…

The preliminary plan to restore the rapids to a two-mile stretch of the Grand River is out. It’s the first real look Grand Rapids has gotten at the…

North America has the most diverse population of freshwater mussels in the world. There are roughly 300 species. But almost 40 have gone extinct in recent…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A newspaper reports that many Michigan dams are old and need upgrades, especially the Hamilton dam in downtown Flint.State dam safety…

An effort to restore the rapids into the Grand River is getting a boost from a new federal partnership.The rapids that gave Michigan’s second largest city…

A small but notorious dam on one of northern Michigan's prettiest trout streams might soon come down. But what fishermen value about the Pigeon River is…

All this week, we're focusing on stories about fish for our series, Swimming Upstream. Dustin Dwyer traveled all around the Lower Peninsula for the…