City anticipates delaying Argo Dam issue even further

Questions of cost, endangered species, and accuracy of DEQ mandates are the cause for potentially more delays in the decision to keep/repair or remove Argo Dam.

Ann Arbor officials disputing DEQ's claims about condition of Argo ...
Ann Arbor officials are taking issue with a state Department of Environmental Quality order mandating that the city address deficiencies with Argo Dam by ...

AnnArbor.com endorses keeping Argo Dam

AnnArbor.com, formerly the Ann Arbor News, has endorsed keeping Argo Dam. This is the same Ann Arbor media outlet that endorsed George W. Bush for President - twice! The story is here:

Ann Arbor City Council must decide on Argo Dam. We favor dam in ...
Whatever the solution is to the Argo Dam dilemma it wont be arrived at by consensus. Ann Arbor City Council needs to accept that hitch up its britches and ...

Ann Arbor releases Argo Dam Facilities Report before Tuesday work ...
The fate of the dam has been hotly debated for more than a year And city residents can now take a look at the Argo Dam Facilities Report which was released ...

Chesaning joins the list of Michigan towns removing dams

Click here to see Michigan's largest dam removal/rapids installation paid for by $900k of DEQ funds. Congratulations, Chesaning!

VOTE FOR DAM REMOVAL

poll by twiigs.com

Why is removing the dam the most "green," inexpensive, and overall beneficial option? Find the answers here:

http://www.hrwc.org/argodam/index.html

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

A special meeting of Ann Arbor City Council has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 8, 5:45 - 6:45 p.m., to discuss options regarding the Argo Dam, in response to the action deadline set by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Further details can be found on the news web page.

Talk with Rosencrans: Dams, Movies, Jobs
The Ann Arbor Chronicle - Ann Arbor,Michigan,USA
Among the topics we discussed on the totter was Argo Dam, which was a campaign issue that might have affected how Ward 5 residents voted. ..

Delhi bridge returned to its place over the Huron River
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
by John Mulcahy | The Ann Arbor News Photo by Lon Horwedel, The Ann Arbor NewsThe metal truss of the Delhi bridge is lifted over the Huron River Wednesday ...
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Positions on Argo Dam critical to upcoming city council elections

3rd Ward Democratic Primary
(From MLive.com)

LuAnne Bullington

• Favors maintaining and repairing the Argo dam for recreation. Supports the concept of a greenway west of downtown.

Leigh Greden

• Undecided about whether to repair or remove Argo Dam until he learns more. Supports expansion of city's green-energy efforts.

Stephen Kunselman

• Favors preserving Argo Dam and resuming discontinued youth activities in parks.

Reasons behind dam removal

Why remove non-functioning dams? With regard to resource management, the most significant environmental benefits of dam removal include:

• Re-connection of important seasonal fish habitat

• Normalized temperature regimes

• Improved water clarity (in most cases)

• Improved dissolved oxygen concentrations

• Normalized sediment and energy transport, and

• Improved biological diversity

Stimulus funds used for dam removal in at least two Michigan cities during 2009

The Hastings Banner>Nashville Dam drawdown begins
More than 20 citizens were on hand for the Nashville Dam Committee meeting at the village hall Tuesday, May 26, to see the engineering plans for the Nashville Dam removal project. Joanne Barnard, executive director of the Barry Conservation District (BCD), began the meeting by announcing that the drawdown of the millpond had begun...

The Ann Arbor Chronicle » Huron River of Data
By Dave Askins Back in mid-June, Paul Christensen, who's president of the Huron River Fly Fishing Club, gave us a heads up that some fishermen plying their craft in the waters downstream from Argo Dam – himself included – had been surprised the ...