Published April 16, 2021 at 5:16 PM EDT Listen • 5:53
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Just south of Traverse City lies Hoosier Valley, an area known by locals for its natural beauty.
Blair Town Hall Road rides right along the valley, and the deeper in you get, the more you sink into nature. The road shifts from pavement, to gravel, to a dirt path.
These are two-tracks: largely unlabeled back roads traversed by four-wheelers, snowmobiles and pick-up trucks and people who come to Hoosier Valley to dump their trash.
He recently bought a four-wheeler and has been riding it up and down the two-tracks with his son.
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These are two-tracks: largely unlabeled back roads traversed by four-wheelers, snowmobiles and pick-up trucks and people who come to Hoosier Valley to dump their trash.
He recently bought a four-wheeler and has been riding it up and down the two-tracks with his son.
Dozens of volunteers arrived with four-wheelers, trucks, and trailers to clean up the area.
Credit Lexi Krupp/ Interlochen Public Radio
“I m disappointed in the people and I m upset with the people that are doing it,” Leavitt says. “I don t believe that they re making an effort to find an alternate way of getting rid of it.”
For years, Hoosier Valley has been the target for dumpers. It’s secluded paths and close proximity to Traverse City make it an easy place for people to unload unwanted trash.