BANGOR TWP. — The restoration of an observation tower at Tobico Marsh nearly is done.
Ben Berwick of Sugar Construction said Friday his crew was putting finishing touches on the tower after nine days of reconstruction.
“It’s a total renovation,” Berwick said of the tower project. “They’re gonna be built right back up again.”
Berwick said his crew planned to begin work on a second tower at Tobico March sometime this week.
But Pat Race, of the Saginaw Valley Sustainability Society, said reconstruction of the second tower may be on hold due to the discovery of a local eagle’s nest.
George Lauinger, supervisor of the Bay City State Recreation Area, said he couldn’t confirm the existence of the nest.
Race helps to raise funds for the project for Friends of the Bay City State Recreation Area and heads the Save Tobico Towers restoration project. So far, the project has raised more than $64,000, about 76 percent of the funds needed.
The project recently netted three grants totaling $11,000. The group has applied for two more grants in hopes of covering the estimated $84,400 cost.
Race said he was relieved to see progress on the towers’ reconstruction, but more remains to be done.
“I’ll be happy when we can use the towers,” he said.
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