I’m not much of a kayaker, but I saw a picture of something neat in Thursday’s Lansing State Journal.  Apparently, the city of Williamston - about 20 miles east of Lansing - had a dam that was breached.  It would have cost a good deal of money to replace the dam.  And the local leaders wanted to keep the impoundment that was behind the dam.

So, the solution was to build a 1,000 foot whitewater kayaking course on the Red Cedar River.  It kept the water levels behind the course high and was cheaper to build than a new dam.  And, of course, it added a neat set of rapids for local kayakers and whitewater lovers.  Kind of neat.

Check out the original plans:

http://homepage.mac.com/erikcarlson/web/williamston.html

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