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Progress on Open Permitting Issues

3/1/2023

 
We're making progress on the open permitting issues shared in the January 18 webinar (part 303 - wetlands, part 301 - streams, endangered species, CLOMR).
1. A wetlands monitoring approach was developed and put in place and is currently under review as part of the permitting process.

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Third Quarterly Report Shares Financial Summmary and Permit Statuses

10/18/2022

 
Click to read FLTF's Q3 report: 
  1. Financial Summary
  2. Bottomland Improvement and Path Forward for Vegetation Management
  3. Permit Status
  4. Dam by Dam Updates

Tittabawassee River Flowing Through Sanford Dam

8/24/2022

 
​The Tittabawassee River is back on course through the Sanford Dam, thanks to work recently completed by Fisher Contracting to construct a berm across the breach channel. This restored 100% of the flow of the Tittabawassee River through the newly constructed weir. Watch the video below for drone footage of the work. This is an important next step in preparing for dam restoration. 

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Boards of Commissioners Approve Special Assessment Roll

7/17/2022

 
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Tuesday, July 12, the Gladwin and Midland County Boards of Commissioners both unanimously approved the assessment roll for the Operations & Maintenance Assessment. The Commissioners also approved the Computation of Cost for Operations & Maintenance and the $250 million project cost estimate for restoring the four dams. The vote was an important step toward rebuilding the dams. The Operations & Maintenance Assessment is planned to appear on the December 2022 property tax bill. 

Tobacco Spillway fishing area closed may 16

5/10/2022

 
On Monday, May 16th, the Tobacco Spillway fishing area (east side of the water channel below the dam) will be closed for the day while crews finish existing work from the fall and winter on the dam. The fishing area will be open to the public again on May 17th. 

Dam Restoration Progress Meeting

4/6/2022

 
Monthly dam restoration progress meeting to discuss value engineering, dam restoration, permitting, and a natural resources restoration study. Participants included representatives from Four Lakes Task Force, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, GEI Consultants and Spicer Group.

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PSC SURVEY IN MAILBOXES WEEK OF APRIL 11TH

3/30/2022

 
In January 2021, property owners in the Four Lakes Special Assessment District received a survey from Public Sector Consultants (PSC), a Lansing-based policy research firm, that sought to better understand how the August 2020 dam failures impacted them and to gauge property owners' willingness to pay an assessment to rebuild the dams. 

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