| In the Spring of 2007, the Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited – Project Chair, Greg Potter, the Department of National Resources Fisheries Division and local high school students from the Battle Creek Math and Science Center put the finishing touches to establish an urban trout fishery in Dickinson Creek that runs through the Historic Bridge Park. The project consisted of installing rock cross vanes to speed the current of the creek, adding natural materials to the creek including pine limbs and adding native grasses along the creek bed. These efforts hope to transform the creek to a healthy habitat for brown trout. Special thanks to Mary Lindow, instructor at the Battle Creek Math and Science Center, and junior and senior high school students from thirteen districts in Calhoun and Eaton counties who fulfilled their 5 hour volunteer requirement in their environmental biology course and supplied much needed additional labor.
Special thanks to the following Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited members for their help; Greg Potter, Steve Birman, Alan Brooks, Richard Chamberlin, Rich Felber, Tom Krol, Chuck Mehne, Greg Mindock, Jared Mindock, Barney Naylor, Judy Naylor, Brad Parlato, and Traver Parlato.
Please stop by and take a look at our work, but please do not remove any of the rocks from the creek to allow this site future enjoyment to all! |
