The work is almost complete on the Forest Lake Spillway as of May, 22, 2025. Forest Lake returned to its normal legal lake level for...

Forest Lake will start the refill process to its normal legal level to 727 feet above sea level on April 15, 2025 after being drawn down...

On February 7, 2025, the restoration project was deemed substantially complete. During the week of February 10, portions of the siphon...

View the video below to see the Forest Lake spillway restoration as of December 2024.

Restoration construction on the Forest Lake Dam spillway continues. Compare where it is today with what it looked like after it collapsed...

On May 14, 2024, the Arenac County Board of Commissioners reviewed the lake level special assessment roll and computation of costs and voted to approve both items. The lake level special assessment will appear as a line item on winter 2024 tax bills and will last 15 years (2039).

On April 18, 2024, the Forest Lake Authority Board held a public hearing to review a lake level special assessment roll.