Restoring Fish Passage - Buckhorn Creek Dam Removal

Grant: # 2123

Grant Amount: $200,000.00

Board Decision Year: 2025

Muskegon River Watershed Assembly (BIG RAPIDS)

Haan, Paul ([email protected]) 2315912894

2025 Habitat Protection and Restoration - Habitat protection and restoration

Project Summary

This project will remove an obsolete dam on Buckhorn Creek, a tributary to the Muskegon Rivernorth of Big Rapids. Dam removal will reconnect Buckhorn Creek with the Muskegon, allowing fish passage into more than seven miles of cold-water refuge and spawning habitat. The work will support survival of more than 20,000 trout stocked annually in the Muskegon River at Paris Park and will be a scenic enhancement for the popular White Pine Trail.