The Kalamazoo is still in trouble

From the Kalamazoo Gazette, read the entire article here: Senate wants to fund study of Kalamazoo River dams

Concerned over the potential for disaster as three state-owned dams along the Kalamazoo River continue to crumble, the Michigan Senate has earmarked $250,000 to plan for the dams' removal or repair.

But the cost to draft the plan is dwarfed by the cleanup cost for the 80-mile stretch of the river, which includes contaminated sediments and is estimated to total at least $1 billion.