Shiawassee River Events for 2014

Shiawassee River Events for 2014

May
7 - Wednesday - Headwaters Trails meeting in the Holly Village Chambers attached to the Police Station, 7 pm.
14 - Wednesday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Full Moon Paddle - Linden Mill Pond 6:30 pm
18 - Sunday - River Cleanup by Headwaters Trails, Water Works Park in Holly to Strom Park in Fenton, meet at 9 am at Water Works Park, expect to go to 2 pm.  See www.headwaterstrailsinc.org for more info.

June
1 - Sunday - River Cleanup by Headwaters Trails, WW Park to Strom Park, meet at 9 am at Water Works Park, expect to go to 2 pm.  See www.headwaterstrailsinc.org for more info.
4 - Wednesday - Headwaters Trails meeting in the Holly Village Chambers attached to the Police Station, 7 pm.
8 - Sunday - Headwater Trails - Adventure Paddle - no race this year - Pleasure Paddle from Water Works Park (690 Broad St. Holly, MI) to Strom Park.  Approximately 7 miles by river.  Registration begins at 10 pm, boats launch at Noon.  See www.headwaterstrailsinc.org for more info and registration forms. $10.00 includes return transportation 
with your boat to WaterWorks Park.
12 - Thursday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Full Moon Paddle - Linden Mill Pond 6:30
21 - Saturday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Sunrise Breakfast Paddle - 
DNR Boat Launch on Lake Ponemah in Fenton - 5:56 am
21 - City of Linden - Linden Mills Days
21 - Saturday - City of Linden / Argentine Township River Cleanup.
28 - Saturday - City of Fenton - Fenton to Lake Ponemah river cleanup.

July
2 - Wednesday - Headwaters Trails meeting in the Holly Village Chambers attached to the Police Station, 7 pm.
13 - Sunday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Full Moon Paddle - Linden Mill Pond 6:30 pm
19 - Saturday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Sunrise Breakfast Paddle - DNR Boat Launch, Lake Ponemah in Fenton.

August
6 - Wednesday - Headwaters Trails meeting in the Holly Village Chambers attached to the Police Station, 7 pm.
9 - Saturday - City of Linden - Flotilla - Starting downtown Linden and paddle to Spoonz Restaurant on Lake Ponemah.
10 - Sunday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Full Moon Paddle - Linden Mill Pond 6:30 pm
16 - Saturday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Sunrise Breakfast Paddle -
DNR Boat Launch on Lake Ponemah in Fenton - 6:40 am

September
3 - Wednesday - Headwaters Trails meeting in the Holly Village Chambers attached to the Police Station, 7 pm.
9 - Tuesday - Keepers of the Shiawassee Full Moon Paddle - Linden Mill Pond 6:30 pm
28 - Sunday - Headwaters Trails river cleanup from Water Works Park in Holly to Strom Park in Fenton, meet at Water Works Park at 9 am

October
1 - Wednesday - Headwaters Trails meeting in the Holly Village Chambers attached to the Police Station, 7 pm.
4 - Saturday - Fall Color Paddle by Headwaters Trails, from Water Works Park in Holly to Strom Park in Fenton.  Registration starts at Noon, boats put in at 1:00.

Moonlight Paddles, organized by the Keepers of the Shiawassee start in the Linden Mill Pond and go to Spoonz Restaurant on Lake Ponemah. Paddles are wet at 6:30 pm.  Join the Keepers of the Shiawassee for the complete trip or meet at the restaurant and paddle back in the moonlight.  Find them on Facebook at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fenton-area-paddlers/

Saturday morning sunrise paddles organized by the Keepers of the Shiawassee will meet at the DNR Boat Launch on Lake Ponemah and paddle to downtown Linden for breakfast.  Times listed are paddles wet times.

If you are aware of blockages on the Shiawassee River between Water Works Park and Byron, you can report these to Chuck Julian at HeadwatersTrailsInc@gmail.com.  We will try to schedule cleanups to get as many blockages as we can.

The Keepers of The Shiawassee has meetings the 2nd Thursday of each month.  These are normally at the Fenton Community Center from 7 - 9 pm.  In June, July and August the meetings will be on the river and meetings places will be announced at a later date.  You can report river blockages to the Keepers at 810-750-4067.  or contact Debbie McCarty at 810-560-2337 and Maggie Yerman at 810-735-9570, yerantmag@yahoo.com.

Shiatown Dam Dismantled in 2014

Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 7:00 am

By CHRISTINA GUENTHNER, Argus-Press Staff Writer

SHIAWASSEE TWP. — 

The next step in the removal of the Shiatown dam is starting to take shape.

An engineer is waiting for the water level of the Shiawassee River 

to go down this spring before he completes some survey work, 

according to Tom Cook, president of the Friends of the Shiawassee River. 

The dam is managed by the Michigan Land Bank, but the state asked 

the Friends to help with the removal process after studies revealed safety concerns.

DNR Wetland Wonders program 2014

Something new to do in 2014

Bird lovers can join viewing tours in April and May 

at waterfowl areas managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The DNR's Wetland Wonders program focuses on locations in the southern part of the state.

They include Shiawassee River State Game Area.

Species that might be seen range from diving ducks to 

trumpeter and tundra swans, osprey, bald eagles and sandhill cranes.

DNR biologists and technicians lead the tours.

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Online:

—http://www.michigan.gov/wetlandwonders

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