Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Volunteer Loraine Laird carries native plants over a small creek and she and other Grand Traverse Conservation District staff and volunteers a recent morning digging up and potting plants from the Brown Bridge Quiet Area. Recently exposed Boardman River bottom land areas will be impacted by heavy equipment and dredging later this summer as part of the Brown Bridge Dam removal project. The plants will be saved for future plantings once the project is complete.

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