LAKE LINDEN, MI-- The Department of Natural Resources is holding a meeting to get public input about a proposed dredging project in Houghton County.
Waste rock from mining—known as stamp sands—were dumped into Lake Superior near the town of Gay more than 100 years ago. Water has since moved the sands, which are now filling in Grand Traverse Harbor. They also threaten Buffalo Reef, an important spawning area for lake trout and whitefish.
The DNR is applying for a grant to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to remove some of the sands from the lake and reestablish the Grand Traverse harbor channel.
The meeting takes place August 3 at 6 p.m. at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School auditorium in Lake Linden.