There's a new habitat for walleye, bass and lake sturgeon in the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River.
Officials with the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge say chemical giant BASF Corp. recently constructed the one-acre fish habitat near property the company owns in Riverview, southwest of Detroit.
Refuge Manager John Hartig says BASF spent about $100,000 on the habitat.
BASF's property near the Grosse Ile toll bridge and Riverview boat dock was used as a waste site by its previous owner. In 1998, mercury, PCBs and dioxin were found to be contaminating the groundwater.
BASF last year completed an environmental cleanup.
Florham Park, N.J.-based BASF Corp. is the North American affiliate of Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF SE.