Dec 29 2007
Outdoor News Digest: 12/29
Kim Schneider, the mlive travel blogger, has a post about wintertime snowshoeing, dogsledding and snowmobiles…
The Leelanau Enterprise has an article about a grooming badge program that helps the Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) trail system:
The Akron Beacon Journal has a RECOMMENDED story about an archaeological site study that is revealing secrets of an historic cemetery. The cemetery might have started as a burial location for “Mad” Anthony Wayne’s army in the time period of the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This type of archaeology is BADLY needed all over the region:
http://www.ohio.com/news/12908866.html
The Muskegon Chronicle has a report about the Kalamazoo River PCB cleanup:
The New York Times has a good report about the proposed sale of about a hundred small city parks in Detroit:
The Muskegon Chronicle has an article that notes Michigan’s recreational opportunities as a way to keep college-educated Michigan natives from leaving the state. Excerpt:
McPherson said she is willing to trade in the fast-paced excitement of a city like Chicago for the recreational opportunities provided in Muskegon such as the beaches and nearby ski resorts. And like Kwiecien, McPherson said West Michigan would be a great place to begin raising a family.
“We’ve got cheap recreation,” she said. “And our downtown is going to be a lot different in 5 to 10 years.”
Michigan’s community leaders believe they will need to address lifestyle, recreational and business opportunities to keep more people like McPherson from straying.
The running blogger at the Lansing State Journal has a great post about snowshoeing opportunities near Lansing:
http://noise.typepad.com/kick_asphalt/2007/12/its-like-walkin.html