MEDIA COVERAGE AND NEWS RELEASES
April 15, 2024 - BTC Volunteers complete 5th Annual Adopt-a-Highway Spring Cleanup!
June 17, 2020 - “FishPass Entry OKed at Last Dam Standing,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
May 28, 2020 - “How Much Use is Too Much For Boardman Valley Nature Preserve?” The Ticker
April 9, 2020 - “Final Permits for FishPass Appear to be Imminent”
March 14, 2020 - “Do You Want This in the Middle of Our City?” Northern Express
February 11, 2020 - Boardman River fish-shocking surveys reveal a heathy brook trout fishery
Fishery survey - Ranch Rudolph
February 6, 2020 - The solution for drunk and rowdy paddlers on the Boardman: self-regulation
January 21, 2020 - “How Much Brook Trout is Enough? Michigan Keeps Changing Catch Limits,” Bridge
January 10, 2020 - NRC Reverses Course, Says Yoopers Don’t Need to Eat 10 Brook Trout a Day
January 9, 2020 - “Michigan Fish-Sorter Has Global Implications,” Great Lakes Echo
January 8, 2020 - City, GLFC Host FishPass Open House
January 8, 2020 - “FishPass Open Houses Draw Dozens to Ask Questions,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
November 5, 2019 - “City Adopts FishPass Agreement,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
October 27, 2019 - “Forum: Salmon, Steelhead Now in Boardman River,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
October 12, 2019 - “FishPass Q&A Coming,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
October 5, 2019 - “Is Traverse City Ready For FishPass?” Northern Express
August 29, 2019 - “Boardman River Meeting Garners Opinions, Questions,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
July 17, 2019 - “Sturgeon Confirmed in Boardman River,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
June 24, 2019 - “FishPass Structure Design Nearly Done,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
June 18, 2019 - “A Grayling Initiative Update”
June 5, 2019 - “Forum: No More Development For Lower Boardman,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
May 14, 2019 - “A Bridge Over Pristine Waters”
April 11, 2019 - “Grayling Researcher: Brown Trout ‘Annihilate’ Grayling”
March 15, 2019 - BTC Rep Testifies at Natural Resources Commission Meeting in Bellaire
March 7, 2019 - Upcoming Natural Resources Commission Meeting
February 15, 2019 - “DEQ Considers FishPass Permit,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
February 13, 2019 - “Eel Profit Not Worth Environmental Risk,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
November 25, 2018 - “ ‘Healing’ a River,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
November 21, 2018 - GLFC Officials Provide FishPass Update
October 31, 2018 - “Bringing Back the Grayling,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
October 6, 2018 - “City To Talk Dams, Carnegie Building,” The Ticker
September 16, 2018 - “Fishy Comings and Goings in Area Waters,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
September 6, 2018 - “Tribal Elder Raises Awareness,” Capital News Service
August 25, 2018 - “Union Street Fish Ladder Still Open,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
August 23, 2018 - “Sabin Dam Removal Underway,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
August 16, 2018 - “Voices of the Boardman River: Hank Bailey,” Interlochen Public Radio
May 31, 2018 - “Anglers Weigh In On FishPass Project,” The Ticker
May 28, 2018 - “FishPass Stirs Steelhead Controversy,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
April 29, 2018 - “Forum: Michigan DNR Must Protect Boardman Brook Trout,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
January 12, 2018 - “FishPass Concept Swims Ahead,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
September 6, 2017 - “Fish Passage Proposal Draws Concerns,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
April 6, 2017 - “FishPass Project Lets ‘Desired’ Fish In, Invasives Out,” Traverse City Record-Eagle
July 31, 2011 - “The Battle of the Boardman,” Northern Express