1. The Boardman: A River Reborn Removing Dams for a Free Flowing River

2. The Project Remove Brown Bridge, Boardman and Sabin dams, and modify Union Street dam Return the Boardman to a more natural, cold water, free flowing river Largest dam removal project in Michigan’s history Largest wetlands restoration in the Great Lakes Basin

3. Boardman River Dams Brown Bridge Boardman Sabin Union Street

6. Environmental Benefits Enhance and restore habitat for fish and organisms preferring cold water Restore over 3.4 miles and reconnect 160 miles of high quality river habitat Restore more than 250 acres of wetlands and 60 acres of upland habitat

7. Community Benefits $3 million economic impact Promote tourism and business growth Support long-term goals of the Grand Vision

8. Regional/Collaboration Engage all interests, create ownership, sensitive to community concerns Unparalleled collaboration Document and archive the process Citizen involvement

9. Educational Benefits Active laboratory for local schools Support a variety of scientific research initiatives

10. Hydroelectric Generation Estimated cost of restoring hydroelectric generating capacity = $8-$15 million Estimated revenue from selling electricity generated = $8.5 million over 30 years Not economically feasible

11. Project Timeline 2005-2009Preliminary decisions 2011-2013Deconstruction/Modification 2013-2018Restoration

12. Funding Initial cost estimate $5-$8 million – Not including transportation system costs (road crossings, etc.) Funding pursued through federal, state, tribal, local government & private sources $1.7 million raised to date

13. Project Implementation Team IT Grand Traverse Band City of Traverse City Grand Traverse County MDNRE Mich Hydro Relicensing Coalition Traverse City Light & Power U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Ex-Officio IT Conservation Resource Alliance Grand Traverse Conservation District GT County Road Commission Rotary Camps & Services Watershed Center GT Bay

14. Brown Bridge dam First of three dams to be removed Restore 1.5 mi. of cold water stream & 156 acres of wetlands Initial drawdown July – Sep 2011 Deconstruction completed 2012

15. Bottomlands Restoration

16. Stream Bank Restoration

17. Rapids

18. How Can You Help? Donate Volunteer expertise Volunteer for restoration activities

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