Rotary Charities of Traverse City has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in support of an effort to restore a fish called the arctic grayling to the state's waters.
The grant will help develop a strategy for raising public and private funds for the project.
The grayling was native to northern Michigan's coldwater streams but died out because of environmental damage caused by the 19th-century logging boom.
The first stage of the restoration initiative is expected to take five years. It will include project development, acquisition of fertilized eggs, raising small fish in a controlled environment, and research.
