July 20, 2020 at 11:40 am in Blog
We are excited to announce that Stand Up For Great Lakes will be traveling the entire Chain of Lakes Water Trail, from Six-Mile Lake to the Elk Rapids Dam, to raise money and awareness for the Chain of Lakes Water Trail and Paddle Antrim. Joe Lorenz, Kwin Morris and Jeff Guy will represent Stand Up For Great Lakes, traveling 60 miles on paddle boards through the Chain of Lakes, which… Read More »
July 15, 2020 at 4:12 pm in News
Last year we partnered with MI Paddle Stewards to offer paddlers an in-person workshop to learn more aquatic invasive species identification, prevention and reporting. We are very excited that despite these extraordinary times, MI Paddle Stewards is offering an online program to help paddlers continue to learn about AIS in order to protect the waters they love. The MI Paddle Stewards new self-paced, online program from Michigan Sea Grant and… Read More »
July 15, 2020 at 1:31 pm in Water Trail Tales
Grass River Natural Area Route: Cottage Drive Park to Clam Lake DNR Access Route overview: Intermediate Level 7 Miles 3 Hours Estimated Time By Deana Jerdee, Executive Director To celebrate my birthday this year, my entire family, including my mom and my sister’s family, decided to enjoy an adventure on the Chain of Lakes. We loaded up our trailer full of nine boats and headed to Cottage Drive Park on… Read More »
July 1, 2020 at 12:46 pm in Blog
We are excited to announce that we, along with the Village of Elk Rapids, are looking for public input on a preliminary design of improvements for Elk Rapids Rotary Park. We announced this project back in 2019 and are very excited to be moving forward to the community input phase. In 2017, the Village of Elk Rapids completed a Recreation Survey and a universal kayak launch was an identified improvement… Read More »