According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Little Manistee River Weir in Stronach, Michigan—the sole source of winter-run steelhead eggs for fish hatcheries in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio—suffered storm damage Monday night resulting in a power failure that rendered the systems that sustained the fish inoperable and many fish died. The effect this loss will have on the steelhead egg collection for this season is still unknown, the DNR said. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
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