Apr 9, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
Mlive.com, April 9, 2019 By Brian McVicar | bmcvicar@mlive.com WEST OLIVE, MI — Ottawa County officials on Tuesday questioned the cost and environmental impact of a project that aims to create a power boat link between Grand Rapids and Lake Michigan by dredging part... 
Apr 9, 2019 | Ecology, Grand River Waterway
Author: Daniel O’Keefe, Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University Extension The Grand River Waterway proposal is not a typical harbor dredging project, but rather a river channelization project that would remove roughly 50 acres of shallow habitat through... 
Apr 7, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
Mlive.com, April 7, 2019 By Brian McVicar GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A push to dredge part of a 23-mile stretch of the Grand River between Eastmanville Township and Grand Rapids is drawing scrutiny in Ottawa County, with some residents and elected officials questioning the... 
Apr 4, 2019 | Grand River Waterway
Grand Haven Tribune By Dr. Rob Davidson, Tribune community columnist April 4, 2019 Just when we thought former state Sen. Arlan Meekof could no longer use his perch of power to advocate for the policies of special-interest groups that defined his career in Lansing,... 
Mar 27, 2019 | Grand River Waterway
Grand River Waterway Project – Grand Concerns Grand Haven Tribune – March 27, 2019 “Unanimous objection.” That’s how Spring Lake Township Supervisor John Nash characterized the view from local officials on a proposal to dredge the Grand River from... 
Dec 15, 2015 | Grand River Waterway
Mlive, By Garret Ellison LANSING, MI — An underwater survey of the Grand River bed between Grand Rapids and the Bass River Recreation Area is expected to begin soon after state officials chose to forge ahead with a project that failed to excite Ottawa County...