Dane Moeggenberg is currently a student at Indiana University studying Freshwater Resource Management, Underwater Resource Management, and Geography. He will finish up his degree in December. Dane enjoys playing bass guitar, cooking great food and chatting with whomever about whatever. He plans to move to Chicago this fall to help stop the Asian Carp as [...]
Category Archives: Boardman River Project News
Don't Hibernate, Get Outside!
January 4, 2010 – 2:41 pm
With winter in full force it’s easy to want to stay inside and keep warm. Instead of cursing out the snow this year, how about embracing it?! There are many fun things to do outside and several great parklands to enjoy them at. Below are a list of winter activities and our favorite [...]
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 [...]
Fly Rod Raffle Winner Announced
August 18, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Thank you everyone who purchased a Bob Summers Fly Rod Raffle Ticket this year! This year was the best year in the history of the raffle, and the District greatly appreciates everyone's support! Thank you to all of the local businesses who helped sell tickets. The raffle was completed on Sunday, August 17 at the [...]
Thank You Rotary Gourmet Game Dinner!
March 9, 2007 – 1:54 pm
Dear Committee Members,
Thank you very much for your contribution to repair/rebuild the recreational trail at the Sabin Pond. This trail is one of the most popular at the Grand Traverse Natural Education Reserve and will be a primary trail used by visitors to the new Oleson Pavilion and the future Boardman River Nature Center.
Rotary’s Gourmet [...]
Kids Creek Restoration
May 2, 2006 – 1:56 pm
Contracted by the Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, we are working behind Kohl’s in Traverse City to restore 3,000 feet of Kids Creek streambank. The stream restoration sites are on a parcel of land previously used as an agricultural operation.
Not only are streambanks being restored, but an exciting trail system is under construction as well! [...]
Whew!
November 16, 2004 – 1:59 pm
We did it! One of the most severe and challenging erosion sites remaining on the Boardman River is finally complete. Site 160 as we know it, located below Sabin Dam, is 70 feet wide and nearly 150 feet tall.
Thanks to the skillful heavy equipment operation of Al Strange and the hard work of his Pugsley [...]