PROCEEDS SUPPORT BOARDMAN RIVER RESTORATION!
Win: R.W. Summers Model 735 (7’3” 5wt) Fly Rod (Don't fly fish, but still want to support the Boardman? Win $1,700 if you are not interested in the rod!) Pictures below
R.W. (Bob) Summers is world renowned for his bamboo fly rods. R.W. Summers bamboo fly rods are highly [...]
Category Archives: Boardman River Project Articles
2010 Boardman River Fly Rod Raffle
April 7, 2010 – 4:16 pm
Bringing "Lunkers" back to Kids Creek
August 28, 2009 – 10:51 am
On Saturday, August 22nd, several volunteers from the Traverse City based Adams Chapter of Trout Unlimited came out to restore the banks of Kids Creek behind the former Grand Traverse Auto, now Fox Motors. Three tons of stone and eight tons of topsoil were brought in to restore 65 feet of the Creek. [...]
2009 R.W. Summers Fly Rod Raffle
August 25, 2009 – 8:52 am
PROCEEDS SUPPORT BOARDMAN RIVER RESTORATION!
Win: R.W. Summers Model 735 (7’3” 5wt) Fly Rod
(Don't fly fish, but still want to support the Boardman? Win $1,700 cash if you are not interested in the rod!)
Value: $2,215
Tickets: $10 each
(If you purchase a total of ten or more tickets, and win, Bob
Summers will take you on a [...]
Boardman River Float Times
April 15, 2009 – 1:39 pm
Ever wonder where to put in your kayak or canoe along the Boardman? Or how long it would take to float from the Forks to the Boardman River Nature Center? Click on the map below and find out!!
Float Times
Support the GTCD at Firefly!
October 17, 2008 – 9:36 am
Are you looking for a delicious new way to support your Conservation District?
Now, the Firefly Cafe on the Boardman River (downtown TC on Cass Rd.) will give $1 to the GTCD for each dessert sold...Yum!
The promotion has already raised hundreds of dollars to support the work of the GTCD. Thank you Firefly!
Enjoy your dessert!
R.W. Summers Fly Rod Raffle a Huge Success
August 29, 2008 – 10:10 am
R.W. Summers fly rod raffle: best year ever!
The Grand Traverse Conservation District (GTCD) is thrilled to announce that the annual R.W. Summers Fly Rod Raffle to benefit the Boardman River had its most successful year ever! The raffle sold out all 1,000 tickets raising $10,000. One hundred percent of the funds raised will be used [...]
Mitchell Creek Streambank Restoration
July 1, 2008 – 9:34 am
On Friday, June 27, GTCD Land Management and Area Realtors completed a streambank restoration project improving approximately 25 linear feet of Mitchell Creek along Three Mile Road in Traverse City. In order to improve fish habitat, three lunker structures were secured at the base of the bank just below water level. These wooden platforms were [...]
4th Annual Boardman River Clean-Sweep
March 17, 2008 – 12:19 pm
Fourth Annual
Boardman River Clean-Sweep
Saturday, June 7th, 10:00 am-3:00pm
The Fourth Annual Boardman River Clean-Sweep (BRC) will be held on Saturday,
June 7th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Meadows Pavilion on Cass Rd., Traverse City. This 2008 river cleanup event is done in conjunction with the Adams Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Cherry [...]
Boardman River Project Wish List
September 21, 2005 – 1:37 pm
Tools
-Nearly anything that works (shovels, rakes, circular saws, etc.)
-Brake Assembly #02302600 and 02302700 (1 each)
00824705 (2 of these) for 16' trailer
-5 acres for work crew
-8' dump box
-shovel handles
Equipment
-18-20 HP tractor with loader
Topper for 1987 Toyota pick-up truck
235 x 75 x 15 all terrain tires
Magnetic signs
Digital Camera
Boardman River Dams
May 6, 2005 – 1:39 pm
Due primarily to economic and liability reasons, Traverse City Light & Power (TCL&P) is in the process of surrendering their license to operate three dams, Brown Bridge Dam, Boardman and Sabin dams on the Boardman River.
When Queen City Light & Power laid out the locations of the dams in the late 1800’s, they strategically looked [...]
Coast Guard Tree Placement-PSA
November 19, 2002 – 1:45 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Steve Largent
Boardman River Project Director
941-0960
Greg Torgersen
United States Coast Guard
922-8212
Bill Fernandez
Adams Chapter of Trout Unlimited
941-7102
COAST GUARD TO PLACE 15 DEAD CEDAR TREES IN BOARDMAN RIVER TO IMPROVE TROUT HABITAT
TRAVERSE CITY, MI (Oct. 22, 2002) - A helicopter from the United States Coast Guard air station based in Traverse City will place 15 large [...]
Horsepower on the Boardman
June 26, 2002 – 1:48 pm
We finally got approval from the DEQ to begin restoring the erosion sites for this year. We have already gotten a good start on two sites upstream from the North Branch sand trap, off of Guernsey Lake Road.
This site has been blocked off to prevent motorized traffic from further damaging the river banks, which presented [...]