Press Coverage of EGLE Public Comments

Many thanks to our local media for coverage of the EGLE public comment period and hearing.

Here are some of the stories they told:

Online and Print Coverage

Community members weigh in on Grand River restoration project – WXMI-TV Online – September 30, 2022.

Supporters urge state to approve long-awaited project restoring Grand River’s rapids – MLive – September 30, 2022.

Restore the Rapids | Michigan regulators host public hearing about Grand River – WZZM-TV Online – September 29, 2022.

Michigan regulators host public hearing about Grand River Restore the Rapids effort – YouTube – September 29, 2022.

Public hearing set for decade-long push to restore Grand River’s rapids – MLive – September 26, 2022.

Radio

Grand Rapids Whitewater Update with Stephen Heacock – WOOD RADIO – September 20, 2022.

Environmental agency taking public comments on proposed river restoration in Grand Rapids – WUOM-FM – Online –  September 19, 2022.

Broadcast Clips 

A public meeting will be held to discuss the more than a decade-long push to bring the rapids back to the river – WXMI-TV. 

Looking for a permit to remove four low-head dams between Bridge Street and Fulton Street – WXMI-TV. 

Grand Rapids Whitewater project that could change how the river runs – WXMI-TV. 

Project to restore the rapids to the Grand River – WZZM-TV. 

The city was named Grand Rapids for a reason – WZZM-TV.