Wall Street Journal discusses the rapids
Wall Street Journal discusses Grand Rapids’ plan to restore the rapids.
According to an excerpt from the article:
In Michigan, Gov. Rick Snyder backed the plan and three-term Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell said he’s enthusiastic about the proposal to tear down or modify five dams and use excavators and cranes to install new boulders — some as large as 10 feet wide — to mimic white-water conditions on the river last seen in the 19th Century.
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