The Adrian Telegram has an article updating the Burr Ponds Park renovation in the City of Adrian…

http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2007/09/27/news/news04.txt

The Muskegon Chronicle has a story about Pere-Marquette Beach near Muskegon.  It is the site of a new Jeep video.  Apparently, the beach is rated as one of the top in the country for its wide, expansive views:

http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1190904535135070.xml&coll=8

The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that South Haven Township is purchasing a 2.1 acre parcel with several hundred feet of Lake Michigan shoreline, about 700 feet of frontage on a trout and smelt creek and access to a shipwreck.  Wow!  That’s some kind of 2.1 acres.  The cost is over $1 million.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1190905549155870.xml&coll=7

The MMBA advocacy forum has an interesting discussion of one aspect of the state budget crunch.  There is a move afoot to raid the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps endowment.  The endowment is $20 million dollars.  The interest earned each year pays for youth jobs in the state parks.  The minimum wage workers build trails and do other work that park employees cannot do.  The raid would permanently end the program.

http://www.mmba.org/viewtopic.php?t=68226

The Port Huron Daily Herald has a nice article by a member of the St. Clair County parks board explaining why park spending and acquisition is still important during times of fiscal difficulty.  He also has some nuggets of info. about some new parks in St. Clair County.

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/OPINION02/709260320/1014/OPINION

The U.S. Forest Service purchased a 1,000 plus acre former Steelcase Co. camp and added it to the Huron-Manistee National Forest.  It is located five miles north of White Cloud, MI.  Read this Detroit Free Press article:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/NEWS06/709200353/1008/NEWS06

Here’s an article from the Traverse City Record Eagle about a new 145 acre natural area in NW lower MI:

http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_263093207.html

This article discusses the Macatawa Greenway near Holland and a near-600 acre conservation area along the Macatawa River:

http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1190529350174330.xml&coll=6

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