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Huron Pines Receives $200,000 Consumers Energy Foundation Planet Award

May 4, 2021

Huron Pines awarded $200,000 through the Consumers Energy Foundation’s Planet Award to help launch the Protect Wild Places program empowering Michigan communities to support land and water by partnering with Huron Pines to restore 5,000 acres of wildlife habitat and recreational land and 150 miles of waterways and Great Lakes shoreline. … More Huron Pines Receives $200,000 Consumers Energy Foundation Planet Award

Huron Pines Improves Trout Habitat with 32-Foot Timber Bridge

August 27, 2020

A newly completed timber bridge on Gilchrist Creek southeast of Atlanta is the first of four such projects Huron Pines has planned to improve fish passage and correct seasonal flooding problems within the Thunder Bay River watershed. … More Huron Pines Improves Trout Habitat with 32-Foot Timber Bridge

Reconnected At Last: Huron Pines Restores ‘Pivotal’ Shingle Mill Site on E. Branch Black River

July 21, 2020

A pipe culvert that obstructed the East Branch Black River for decades is gone and with it the persistent problems it caused with erosion, flooding and fish passage. In its place, a shiny aluminum arch ushers wild brook trout to 20 miles of habitat upstream of County Road 622 — vital spawning and nursery grounds supporting the river’s famed fishery. … More Reconnected At Last: Huron Pines Restores ‘Pivotal’ Shingle Mill Site on E. Branch Black River

Read the River to Boost Fishing, Fun

June 29, 2020

There’s a story I tell my fishing friends to explain why they’re not catching anything in their “hotspot” when it was paying off just a week prior, and it involves 80,000 people dancing in the Tennessee countryside. For most of the year, a field outside Manchester, Tenn. sits undisturbed. In late spring, semi trucks and … More Read the River to Boost Fishing, Fun

VIDEO: THE PIGEON RIVER MADE WHOLE

July 13, 2016

The Pigeon River is now flowing freely for the first time in more than a century after removal of the Song of the Morning Dam! Because of the incredible teamwork and collaboration of so many partners and project funders, fish like brook trout, brown trout and steelhead can now reach upstream habitat previously blocked by … More VIDEO: THE PIGEON RIVER MADE WHOLE

SONG OF THE MORNING DAM IS GONE!

October 30, 2015

Today, a group of partners gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Song of the Morning Dam Removal. The excitement and energy was palpable as attendees looked on in awe of the Pigeon River, flowing freely for the first time in more than a century. Construction began this week and already you can see from downstream to upstream … More SONG OF THE MORNING DAM IS GONE!

RECONNECTING THE PIGEON RIVER, TOGETHER!

September 14, 2015

We are thrilled to report that because of recent generous support from partners and citizens like you, we’ve met our fundraising goal to move forward with the Song of the Morning Dam Removal this fall! We are thankful for each dollar contributed by individual donors and from dynamic groups like the Pigeon River Country Association, … More RECONNECTING THE PIGEON RIVER, TOGETHER!