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Local stakeholders urge keeping Rugg Pond as recreation area as county advances design contract
Summary
Representatives from Rapid River Township and conservation partners urged the county to preserve recreational uses — trails and fishing — at Rugg Pond as the board approved Inter-Fluve to design the removal project. Zoom participants thanked the board for selecting Inter-Fluve.
Matt Brenner, representing Rapid River Township, told the board the future vision for the Rugg Pond area is to remain a recreational area with trails and fishing. His remarks framed local hopes for post-project land use as the county moves into design and funding work.
Tom Vitale of Conservation Resource Alliance and several audience members attended in support of a recreation-oriented outcome. Zoom participants Nick Jordan and Suzanne Denaeu thanked the board for approving the Inter-Fluve bid. No formal public-comment vote or direction was taken at the special meeting; commissioners acknowledged stakeholder priorities as part of next-step planning.
