Reconnecting the North Branch of the Platte River

Grant: # 1798

Grant Amount: $100,000.00

Board Decision Year: 2018

Conservation Resource Alliance - Grandview Plaza Building (Traverse City)

Grandview Plaza Building

Balke, Kimberly ([email protected]) 231-946-6817

2018 Habitat Protection and Restoration: Targeted Land and Capital Efforts (Including Barrier Removal) - Habitat protection and restoration

Project Details

Project Summary: Reconnecting the North Branch of the Platte River is a comprehensive effort to replace outdated road/stream crossings at sites #PLT-P3, #PLT-P5, #PLT-P10, #PLT-P11 in the North Branch sub watershed that boasts the largest, high-quality tributary to the Platte mainstem.  Sites #PLTI13, PLT-I15, PLT-I16 on Kinney and Brundage Creeks were added due to economic efficiency and project momentum resulting in a total of 7 crossings replaced.

Products and Resources:

https://www.rivercare.org/  

This website is the Conservation Resource Alliance’s and contains updated information on the Platte crossings project and the overall “Benzie Watersheds River Care” effort.  CRA’s website is under construction now and past newsletters and outreach materials will be posted in the first quarter 2022.

http://www.northernmichiganstreams.org/platteriverrsx.asp

This website houses the road/stream crossing inventory information for Northwest Michigan rivers including the Platte Watershed.

The final report for project 2018.1798 can be found at this link.