Adams Trout Blog

The five-year MDEQ permit to maintain three sand traps on the Boardman River expired last summer. New permits must be secured before the traps can be maintained. Grand Traverse Conservation District staff is hoping to renew the permits yet this winter but must determine how to dispose of nearly 5,000 cubic yards of clean fill located near the North Branch trap off Guernsey Lake Road, across from the Sand Lakes Quiet Area.

Since construction in 1994, an estimated 6,000 cubic yards of sand has been removed from North Branch of the Boardman River. Acontractor hauled away approximately 1,000 cubic yards a couple years ago, but the last cleanout this past summer filled the stor- age area to capacity. The current spoil storage area is only a couple hundred yards, at most, from the trap site. If the existing spoils are left where they are, subsequent spoils generated from future maintenance would have to be hauled several miles away, greatly increasing maintenance costs. District staff is work- ing with the Road Commission hoping they can use the extra fill on a nearby road project.