Archive for May, 2007
Highbanks Trail in the Spring
Published May 10, 2007 Michigan Pictures , Oscoda Pictures Leave a Comment
From The Bay City Times:
The Iosco County Sportsmen’s Club is expanding its shooting range. The new range is the old small arms training range the Air Force used before closing in 1993.
”This facility is unmatched in northern Michigan in the scope of shooting opportunities that will be available,” said Jody Spencer, club secretary.
The ranges are located on 51 acres. On display will be two 25 and two 50 yards pistol bays and the 100 and 300 yards gun ranges. The club will also have sporting clays and five-stands.
Expansion plans call for trap ranges and a 600-yard rifle range.
New rules would allow some to groom Great Lakes beaches
Published May 1, 2007 Oscoda News Leave a CommentFrom The Lansing State Journal:
Lakefront property owners frustrated with vegetation exposed by falling water levels could obtain permits to groom their beaches under proposed state regulations.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has proposed a system of five-year general permits for Great Lakes beach maintenance.
The department has set a May 6 deadline for comments on the plan, which would take effect Nov. 1. It would replace interim regulations in effect since 2003.
“The big things that people should be aware of is permits are going to be required for any mechanical activity on the shoreline” such as using a lawnmower or tractor, said Daniel Morgan, supervisor of the state agency’s Land and Water Management Division in Bay City.
Morgan said the general permit allows for limited mowing of vegetation, including mowing a 10-foot-wide path to the water and a 400-square-foot recreation area.
