Trail maintenance on the Shiawassee River headwaters

Doug Lanyk and Steve Hoffman made it out today March 16th, 2011  for a paddle upon the Shiawassee River
They launched from Waterworks Park in Holly with high water levels barely making it thru the tubes.
Chainsaws were used to clear up deadfall from the winter wind storms and progress was made
up towards the Fish Lake Road takeout.
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2011 Shiawassee river events, cleanup , race, biathalon

Shiawassee River Trail cleanup

Time    
Sunday, May 15, 2011 · 12:30pm - 5:30pm
Location    
Waterworks Park, Holly MI
602 South Broad St, Holly, MI 48442-1674
    
Bring canoes, cold water work gear, gloves, boots, chainsaw, and a big smile.
We have a lot of downfall from the winter to clear out.
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Shiawassee River Paddle Event

Time    
Sunday, June 5, 2011 · 10:30am - 5:30pm

Location    
-WaterWorks Park -
602 South Broad St, Holly, MI 48442-1674

We will be having 3 racing classes and a Pleasure Paddle

Additional Info:
Call Sue Julian, 248-634-3513
or email sjulian @ provide dot net
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Biathalon - short run and paddle

Time    
Sunday, June 26, 2011 · 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Location    
Downtown Holly, MI

TBD - looking like a 3 to 5 K run followed by a 3 K kayak paddle.
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Headwaters Trails Inc. 501 (c) (3)

Promotes the creation of land and water trails in North West Oakland County Michigan.

Headwaters Trails, Inc.
P.O. Box 33
Holly, MI 48442-0033 
 

Sue Julian, President: 248-634-3513
Doug Lanyk, Vice-President: 248-634-4551

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Good news - Shiatown Dam cleanup to ocur Spring 2011

Report due to Byron Lane at DNRE from Jeff Hollington at MLBFTA this week-- before Christmas 2010 !

Jeff Huntington,
Property Analyst
Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority
517.636.4898 phone
huntingtonj@michigan.gov

Jeff apparently has contractor bids to clean up the mess in the spring of 2011.
MLBFTA apparently wants no part of owning a dam - demolition removal perhaps...........
The real decisions are made via the good knowledgeable people at the DNRE.

There will be plenty of eyes on the project in 2011 as the Shiawassee River evolves.
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CleanUp - Sunday August 29, 2010 at 9am Waterworks Park Holly MI

Headwaters Trails will be having a cleanup of the Shiawassee River on Sunday August 29, 2010.

We will meet in Holly at Waterworks Park on Broad Street at 9:00 am and go till 4 pm.

We plan to first clean the stretch of River between Bush Park and Torrey Road then jump to the section between McCaslin Lake Road and Bird Road in Argentine Township.  That section of the river had many trees down in it with some log jambs.  We cleaned out much of that on August 15th.  Now we need to complete that section and maybe go on below Bird Road.  Rex and Maggie suggest that we start at Torrey Road and work up stream due to the low water.  We could then go to get the blockage just below McCaslin Lake Road starting from McCaslin Lake Road, then pull out again at McCaslin Lake Road and move on down to Bird Road to go down stream.   

With this, the river will be open from Waterworks Park to Bird Road in Argentine. 
We will only have two more miles to go to get to the Byron Mill Pond.

Please join us if you are able to.
We need people with chain saws as well as boats to transport those saws and other supplies on the river. 
You are still welcome and encouraged to come along even if you have neither.  Once the trees are cut, they need to be anchored along the banks to provide shore protection and fish habitat.  We will also pick up any trash we are able to.

Wear shoes or boots that you don't mind getting wet.  A hat and safety glasses are also a good idea. 

We plan to work on the river rain or shine. 

Call me if you have any questions.
I would also appreciate knowing if we should be expecting you to come by email or phone.

My home phone number is 248-634-3513.
If I am not home, leave a message on the machine and I will get back to you.

If you are not able to come for the full day, please call me on my cell phone when you are ready to leave
and I can tell you where to meet us.
248-866-3069.  Normally, my home phone is best.  I leave the cell phone in my car.

We had a great time with a great group of people on August 15th.
I hope you can make it to help us out again.

Chuck Julian


Waterworks Park is in Holly, MI.


Torry Road crosses the river just below Long Lake Road.  We would park in an unused
parking lot on Long Lake Road.



Bird Road Bridge is on Bird Road just north of Silver Lake Rd. in Argentine Township.  If you take
Silver Lake out of Fenton, go through Linden.  The next town is Argentine.  Bird road is west
of town.  McCaslin Lake Road is between the town of Argentine and Bird Road.
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