This report is the final update to the May 2021 Feasibility Study and Restoration Plan, with the experiences and learnings of the past four years of implementation. Moving forward, reporting will focus on dam and lake restoration, lake refill, and environmental and recreational progress. This is a large and comprehensive public works project, and this report frames FLTF’s accomplishments over the past five years that led to permitting, financing and implementation of the 2021 plan. A final report on implementation will be published when construction concludes on all four dams and the four lakes are filled.

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Memo from GEI to FLTF describing the dam deficiencies known shortly after failure and summarizing status at the point of temporary suspension.
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Restoration Progress Report for Gladwin and Midland Counties - Current Status Since the 2021 Feasibility Study
​See Restoration Progress Report webpage

All documents are currently under review by EGLE and were submitted with the Permit Application

Part 301 Wixom Stream Mitigation
Appendix A
Appendix C
Appendix D

​Following the flood of 2020, Four Lakes Task Force, as a sponsor to the NRCS EWP program entered into an agreement to stabilize the Sanford Dam. This stabilization project aims at restoring the Sanford Dam, consisting of the spillway and embankment, to a stable condition and rerouting the river back to its original pre-flood course. In addition, this project will reduce further erosion of the banks near the spillway and prevent continued deterioration of the site. The work done as part of this stabilization project will be utilized during the restoration project which is forthcoming in the following years. Like the Edenville Dam Phase I Sister Wall and Phase II Tittabawassee stabilization projects, GEI Consultants is the engineer of Record, Spicer Group is acting as the Owner’s Engineer and Fisher Contracting Company will be performing the construction work.
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The scope of the project includes three phases: site preparation/access, modifications to the spillway, and installation of a sheet pile I-wall. A summary of each phase is as follows:

FLTF Response to Independent Forensic Team Interim Report

Since the release of the interim Independent Forensic Team (IFT) report, Four Lakes Task Force and its consulting engineers have conducted their review of the report to get a better understanding of how the team formed its conclusions. In addition, we are nearing the 60% design phase of Secord and Smallwood and have major stabilization construction ongoing on Edenville to better inform ourselves on the condition of the dams....

Smallwood Dam Architectural Review History performed by Merjent