A dedicated team of volunteers has taken on the task of cleaning floating debris out of Lake St. Clair — sparing boaters from costly damage and potential injury.
The Lake St. Clair Hazard Mitigation Team operates out of Freedom Boat Club in Harrison Township, Michigan.
Over the past year, owner Steven Dobreff said they’ve pulled more than 300 logs from the lake.
“We love this lake,” Dobreff said.
“My entire staff and team are very, very dedicated to keeping the lakes safe.”
Dobreff and his crew venture onto the lake every few days in search of stray stumps.
While they find large limbs and logs every trip, there are times they reel in something much larger.
Freedom Boat Club owner, Steven Dobreff, left, poses alongside Travis Roy with a log. (Travis Fortnum/CTV News Windsor)
“We had three trees out in front of the spillway that were probably close to 10,000 pounds,” Dobreff said.
“We also had …