• What is the Waterways Commission? The Michigan State Waterways Commission was created by Act 451 of 1994. The Commission is responsible for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of recreational harbors, channels, docking and launching facilities, and administration of commercial docks in the Straits of Mackinac.
| • Michigan Waterways Commission creates emergency dredging plan With current water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron at all-time lows - and levels in lakes Michigan, Huron and St. Clair expected to continue dropping - the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the Michigan State Waterways Commission has adopted an emergency dredging plan that will provide zero-match grant funding opportunities for harbors of refuge, recreational boating harbors, marinas and boat launches most affected by the low water levels.
View documents from the Emergency Dredging Meeting | • 2013 Emergency Dredging Community Toolkit Michigan's recreational harbors serve as an economic engine for local communities and the state. The 2013 boating season is now at risk due to a confluence of factors limiting navigability in many of the public recreational harbors throughout the state. Due to this emergency need, the State of Michigan has designed a strategic Emergency Dredging Plan to address the most critical short-term dredging needs of harbor communities for the 2013 boating season. |
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