Consumers Energy faces mixed community and customer feedback regarding its plan to cut water flow to the Manistee River for scheduled hydroelectric dam inspections during the peak fall fishing season.

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        "excerpt": "Seems kinda stupid to cut the dam this time of year when fall fishing with slamon and trout is starting to pick up, it gets extremely popular on the Manistee below the dam (both tippy and the Hodenpyl Dam) Why wouldn't they do it some other time? The area gets a lot income from fishermen coming September to early November. I understand needing to fix it and make it safe, just dumb time of year to",
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        "excerpt": "Not a fan of consumers, but they need to do it during low flow times. Dont want it out of commission when seasonal rains hit. This is the best time of the year to do it, hard to see a conspiracy here.",
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        "excerpt": "Dams have myriad negative effects on rivers and fish. As much as Consumers is responsible for this situation, they also are making meaningful plans to reduce impacts.\n\n What's probably more concerning is what they might find wrong during the inspection, and what it would take to fix serious issues. The units are unavailable, so options are limited...\n\n In all, Michigan is fast approaching the time",
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        "excerpt": "This reasoning exudes Bovine Excrement. The real reason for this is there is a buyer for these dams that is doing their due diligent inspections, summer canoeist be damned. Consumers is so eager to get rid of all these dams. Do the math!",
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