Water level gauge in the middle feeder of Chippewa Creek in Evart on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Nestle Waters North America is seeking Michigan DEQ permission to increase pumping capacity on Well 101 near the headwaters of Chippewa Creek in Osceola Township. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)
“The good lord only made so many trout streams,” Maturen says. As a lifelong fisherman and conservationist, he knows what a trout stream looks like―and the current Chippewa and Twin aren’t it. According to DEQ records, trout swam in both of these creeks 18 years ago. Last summer, Maturen and McLane saw no fish at all.
