{
  "projectDescription": "The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (“Pokagon Band”) seeks to restore historic meanders to a section of the Dowagiac River (“River”) contained within tribal properties. The Project supports the efforts of Focus Area 4 within the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan III as it relates to protecting and restoring communities of native aquatic and terrestrial species important to the Great Lakes. Due to its complexity and cost, theProject is being completed in two phases (each phase can be done as a stand-alone project). Phase 1, scheduled to be done during March – June 2022, will restore half of the stretch of the River, and Phase 2 will restore the second half. The completion of both phases will allow for increased resiliency to the riverine system, restore hydrology to approximately 55 acres of wetlands on tribal property, double the length of the River within the stretch to be restored from 0.66 miles to 1.29 miles (or 2.58 miles of engineered riverbank restoration), and provide improved habitat niches formultiple aquatic, semi-aquatic, and terrestrial species. NOAA funding is supporting Phase 2 which will restore 0.28 straightened miles to 0.59 miles in length and restore hydrology to 1.8 acres of river-side wetlands.",
  "program": "Great Lakes",
  "name": "Dowagiac River Restoration-Phase II",
  "id": "5405",
  "state": "Michigan",
  "state_abbr": "MI",
  "region": "GLR - Great Lakes",
  "constructionStartDate": "2023-02-28 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2026-03-31 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "Y",
  "status": "Implementation",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "41.95482",
      "longitude": "-86.1927",
      "county": "Berrien County",
      "city": "Niles",
      "congDistrict": "6",
      "riverBasin": "Webster Lake-Saint Jospeh River",
      "huc": "40500012602"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "in-stream"
    },
    {
      "name": "freshwater wetland"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "dolomieu",
      "genus": "Micropterus",
      "commonName": "Bass, Smallmouth",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "lucious",
      "genus": "Esox",
      "commonName": "Pike, Northern",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "Pokagon Band of Potawatomi"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Hydrologic Restoration",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Stream channel reconnection/creation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fill removal"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "fishCommEnhanceFlag": "N",
      "fishPublicSafetyFlag": "N",
      "monitorResultId": "5BAA15DC-1402-F111-8407-001DD80DB62A",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2026-03-31 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2022",
      "noaaContribution": "500,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "GLRI - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative"
    }
  ]
}