The task force overseeing the restoration and maintenance of four lakes and dams in Midland and Gladwin counties ruined in epic flooding in 2020 has a multimillion-dollar job and a 2-inch problem.

MIDLAND COUNTY, MI – A branch of the federal government is seeking public input on a proposed habitat conservation plan around the Edenville Dam restoration project. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

LYONS, MI -- Relocation of an endangered freshwater mussel species in the Grand River has begun in Ionia County ahead of a delayed dam removal project at a popular fishing spot. Epioblasma triquetra, ...

VICKSBURG, Mich. — Environmental Researchers found a rare and endangered species of mussel in Portage Creekduring restoration work at the former paper mill property in Vicksburg. Related: State ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Local crews have wrapped up the mussel relocation project in the Grand River much earlier than expected, allowing the plan to restore the rapids to move forward. Before ...

VICKSBURG, Mich. (WOOD) — A project to revitalize an old paper mill in Vicksburg saw an unexpected development when an endangered freshwater mussel was discovered on the site. Snuffbox mussels were ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Work has halted on the $27 million Vrooman Road bridge over the Grand River because of concern about an endangered species called the snuffbox mussel, the Lake County engineer's ...

Conservation biologist Jesse Weinzinger thinks mussels are arguably the most underappreciated animals in the world. With species names like monkeyface, fawnsfoot, snuffbox and purple wartyback, he may ...

Michigan agencies have served the owners of the failed Edenville dam with a warrant to inspect the structure for safety violations and the Wixom Lake bed and adjacent wetlands for evidence that ...

VICKSBURG, Mich. — An abandoned paper mill in Kalamazoo County continues to get new life, as the $80 million "The Mill at Vicksburg" project takes shape. But scientists inspecting a nearby creek a few ...