The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District of Sault Ste. Marie was awarded $40,000 in grant money from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
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A $2.13 GRANT from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund will restore public access while protecting more than 4 miles of riverfront property on the Sturgeon River in Waucedah Township. (Superior Watershed Partnership photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN Â Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation authorizing $37.8 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants that will support outdoor recreation projects throughout the state, including $2.13 million for the purchase of more than 4 miles of riverfront property on the Sturgeon River in eastern Dickinson County.
The Sturgeon River parcel is about 1.5 miles south of U.S. 2 and just west of County Road 569 in Waucedah Township. It includes whitewater rapids, waterfalls, granite cliffs and old growth forest. It will connect to more than 3,700 acres of state forest and provide numerous recreational activities, including kayaking, fishing, bird watching, hiking, and swimming, the Michigan Departmen
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THE SOUTHWEST BEND of Peter White Drive from the MooseWood Nature Center to the gate north of the Presque Isle Park pavilion continues to be closed to vehicular traffic to help blue-spotted salamanders safely migrate. The section will be closed daily from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. until the anticipated end of the migration on April 30. (Photo courtesy of the Superior Watershed Partnership)
MARQUETTE There still are plenty of blue-spotted creatures on the move in Presque Isle Park.
In cooperation with the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Northern Michigan University Department of Biology, the city of Marquette will extend the closure of a portion of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park to allow the continued safe migration of the blue-spotted salamander.
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The southwest bend of Peter White Drive from the MooseWood Nature Center to the gate north of the Presque Isle Park pavilion continues to be closed to vehicular traffic to help blue-spotted salamanders safely migrate. The section will be closed daily from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. until the anticipated end of the migration on April 30. (Photo courtesy of the Superior Watershed Partnership)
MARQUETTE There still are plenty of blue-spotted creatures on the move in Presque Isle Park.
In cooperation with the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Northern Michigan University Department of Biology, the city of Marquette will extend the closure of a portion of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park to facilitate the continued safe migration of the blue-spotted salamander.