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Category Archives: Environment
Closing in on Our Goal: Halleluiah!
Joe Writes . . . After starting in southern Jackson County during the summer of 2016 and paddling, in fits and starts, all the way to downtown Grand Rapids it is finally reasonable to contemplate the end of our journey. … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, family, Grand River, Great Lakes, Men, Michigan, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Jackson County MI, Jackson MI, Lake Michigan
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Two Days on the Grand in Photos
Joe Posts . . . July 4, 2020 Your intrepid explorers, Tom (l) and Joe Neely. Click on individual photos for captions. July 5 Click on individual photos for captions. -30- We are glad you found our blog. If you … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, family, Michigan, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged Ada, eagles, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Plainfield Township MI
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A Grand 4th of July on the Grand
Tom writes… Fourth of July, 2020 Ada to North Grand Rapids The logistics of canoe-ing are monstrous. You already know our boat, the Billie V, lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, far from our current paddling area in West Michigan. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, family, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged Ada MI, birds, eagles, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, West Michigan
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Our Quest Resumes on the 4th of July!
Just as our nation declared its independence from the tyrannical rule of George III on the 4th of July in 1776, we will declare our independence from the physical decline of advancing age – and our disdain for the despotic … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, family, Grand River, Great Lakes, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th of July, Ada MI, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River
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The Headwaters Dam on the Grand River
Joe Writes . . . With the news of the Edenville Dam failing on the Tittabawassee River near Midland and the resultant extensive flooding, I was motivated to take a 45-minute drive to the headwaters of the Grand River yesterday … Continue reading
A Northern Michigan Walk in the Woods
Joe Writes . . . Whan that Aprille with his shoures sote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; lines 1 – 4 from … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, Northern Michigan, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged birch trees, Geoffrey Chaucer, Good Hart, Harbor Springs, ramps, Robert Frost, trillium, Wm Butler Yeats
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Official Grand River Expedition Cancelled; Neely Brothers Still Hope to Complete Their Quest This Year
Joe Reports . . . Every ten years since 1990 an organized expedition to paddle the length of the Grand River has taken place, most recently under the auspices of Middle Grand River Organization of Watersheds. That organization has announced … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, Great Lakes, Michigan, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, Covid-19, Grand River, Michigan, Pandemic
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River Art at U of M Cancer Center
Note: all photographs of artwork herein are copyrighted and used with the knowledge of and permission from the artist, Martina Celerin. It is prohibited to duplicate or otherwise make use of these photographs without the express written permission of the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Environment, Michigan, nature, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged fiber art, Martina Celerin, Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan
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What Happened to the Perch?
Joe writes . . . We have written about perch fishing and invasive species here on lengthofthegrand, both of which are addressed in an excellent blog post I read recently while following ThumbWind, which reports on and celebrates life in … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fishery, Great Lakes, Invasive Species, Michigan, Michigan Thumb, nature, Uncategorized
Tagged fishing, Invasive Species, Michael Hardy, Michgan Thumb, Michigan DNR, perch, Thumb Wind
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To Dredge or Not to Dredge: What’s Best for the River?
Joe Writes . . . Diogenes, call off your search. An honest man has been found. He’s Spring Lake Township Supervisor John Nash, who opposes a proposal to dredge a channel in the Grand River from Grand Rapids to Spring … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged Diogenes, Dredging, Grand Rapids, Grand River, Michigan, MLive, Ottawa Sands Park, Spring Lake
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