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Category Archives: Environment
A Post-Thanksgiving Hike Along the Grand
Tom Writes . . . Golden Friday – November 24, 2017 (Exactly One Month before Christmas Eve) Grand Ledge, Michigan In two years on the river, the town of Grand Ledge is the farthest downstream we have paddled. Today we … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers
Tagged blue heron, brothers, canoeing, Cugino's Restaurant, Grand Ledge MI, Grand River, hiking, parks, rivers, woodpecker
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Chair of MI Natural Resources Commission Says Not So Fast to Idiotic Crane Hunt Proposal (my words, not his)
Many thanks to our Emmet County Correspondent for spotting and forwarding this update on the process that would need to be followed before a crane hunting season could be established in Michigan. I don’t think it will ever happen; the … Continue reading
Coming Up: Cold-Weather Canoeing
October 29, 2017 Joe Writes . . . (Post-publication note: lots of great ideas being received from knowledgeable friends, will update this post with those suggestions soon. Many thanks and keep ’em coming.) We are considering a cold-weather outing in … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged brothers, canoeing, Grand Ledge MI, Grand River, paddling, Portland MI, thanksgiving, Winter
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Cranes Are Not For Hunting (at least not in Michigan)
Joe Writes . . . The Michigan House of Representatives recently passed a resolution asking the Natural Resources Commission to classify sandhill cranes as a gamebird. Once classified as a gamebird, the NRC could seek permission from the U. S. … Continue reading
WHO WILL BE THE HERO?
Freeing the River at its Very Source Joe Writes . . . Calling all Golden Knights, Environmental Do-Gooders and Former Polluters looking to atone for past sins: there’s a spectacular opportunity to do something great for Michigan’s environment at a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, canoeing, dams, Dimondale MI, Eaton Rapids MI, Grand Lake, Grand River, Jackson County MI, Jackson MI, Liberty General Store, Lyons MI, Michigan, paddling
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Walk a Mile in Our Shoes
Back to the Source – Foot Paddling September 29, 2017 Tom Writes . . . Downstream from the Liberty Millpond Dam On July 24, 2016 (last year), we started this adventure at the Liberty Millpond Dam, near Grand Lake, the … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, Michigan, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, canoeing, Grand River, Jackson County MI, Jackson MI, Michigan, paddling
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The Grand and the Betsie: Two Different Rivers
Joe Writes . . . I recently stopped at an old friend’s cabin on the Betsie River in northern Michigan, not far from (as my brother might say) the nifty Lake Michigan town of Frankfort. I had not been at … Continue reading
Invasive Mussels on the Grand River
Tom Writes . . . During our last trip on the river (Monday September 11 – we already wrote about it), I forgot to write about the mussel shells. When we portaged around Moore’s Dam, and put back in, we … Continue reading
Lansing: the Industrial Side of the Grand
We paddled through the city of Lansing, Michigan, our state capital, right in the center of the lower part of our state, from Grand River Park to the Lansing Northern Dam. Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged canoe, canoeing, Grand River, Lansing MI, Michigan, paddling
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Dimondale to Grand River Park in Lansing
Sept 1, 2017 from Chicago by Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: Joe Writes . … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged apps, blue heron, brothers, canoeing, Carl Sandburg, Chicago, Dimondale MI, Grand River, Herons, Lake Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, poetry
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