MUSKEGON, Mich. — Research scientists from the Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI) at Grand Valley State University will help in the Muskegon Lake Restoration Project. A $10 million grant for the project was just announced by Lt. Gov. John Cherry.
AWRI research scientist Carl Ruetz’s lab will be doing the fish monitoring work and AWRI director Al Steinman’s lab will be doing the macrophyte and socio-economic monitoring work.
The Recovery Act grant will improve aquatic habitat for fish and other species by removing more than 180,000 tons of degraded lake bottom sediment and restoring 10,000 feet of Lake Muskegon shoreline now hardened by materials including foundry slag, broken concrete, and sheet metal.
For more information, contact the Annis Water Resources Institute at
(616) 331-3749 or Grand Valley News and Information Services at (616)
331-2221.
The Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute is a
multidisciplinary research organization committed to the study of
freshwater resources. The mission of the institute is to integrate
research, education, and outreach to enhance and preserve freshwater
resources. For more information visit www.gvsu.edu/wri.
