Hiawatha Shore-to-Shore
February 2010 Events Schedule and Newsletter
North Country National Scenic Trail—A Footpath near you!
Dates for your calendar:
February 13th—Valentine Hike at Brevort Lake Road
February 13th--UP Winter Fest--"Snowshoe Stomp" and "Stomp the Park After Dark"
February 18th—Pizza Buffet/Meeting @ 6:30 PM in the basement of Pure Country in Rudyard
March--Quiet Waters Symposium in Lansing
March 13th ---St. Patrick Hike--Soldier Lake area
March 18th--Pizza Buffet/Meeting @ 6:30 PM in the basement of Pure Country in Rudyard
April 10th--Annual Dinner and Hike
May 1st to May 15th--Castle Rock Restoration Project one to several day work opportunities
May 17th to May 21st--Castle Rock Restoration Project work week
May 8th--Salt Point Road to Curley Lewis Highway
June 5th--National Trails Day at Tahquamenon Falls
July 10th--Soldier Lake (north)
August 14th--Worth Road--Work Session opportunity
September 11th--Culhane Lake--Camping option
September 19th to September 25th--Adventure Vacation work session
September 25th--National Public Lands Day
October 9th--Curley Lewis--Lake Superior Shore
October--Work opportunities on the Castle Rock Restoration Project
November 6th--Castle Rock area
December 11--Holiday Hike
"Snowshoe Stomp" and "Stomp In the Park After Dark"
HSS will be joining the UP Winterfest in St. Ignace February 13th. The Snowshoe Stomp will be from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM by the Snow Softball "fields" downtown. There will be free snowshoes for beginners to try on the North Country Trail Snowshoe Course. Meanwhile HSS members will be hosting a table in the warming tent with a NCT display. After the Snowshoe Stomp HSS members and guests will gather for dinner at the Mackinac Grill. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. At 6:00 PM snowshoe hikers will leave the St. Ignace Welcome Center Parking area for a "Stomp In the Park After Dark" hike. This is a great opportunity to view the Big Mac at night! Please RSVP if you plan to attend the hike. Do gather friends, neighbors, and family for the day or any of the events. Contact: Stan or Kay at kay1940@lighthouse.net or 989-350-2826. Information on the February Monthly Hike is below.
Adopt-A-Section Volunteers Meeting
Hi all,
Just what you wanted, another meeting. This one will be with the
new
National Park Service Volunteer Coordinator, Dan Watson. Dan would like
to meet with the chapter leaders, trail adopters and the trail crew
leaders to discuss the whats, wheres, whens and whys of volunteers. I
might be exaggerating on all of those W words but he does want to meet
with you and update you on information concerning volunteers on the
NCT. So please plan on attending.
The meeting will be
Where: Mackinaw City
(because a downstate chapter will also be joining
us, specific location will be announced as soon as the
number of attendees is known)
When:
on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2pm
SOOOO please RSVP me ASAP if you will attend. I would like to have the
specific location of the meeting set so I can notify everyone involved.
Please let me know by
Feb. 15, 2010.
Thanks for all of your work with and on the HSS and NCT.
Charlene DeWitt
HSS President
Also:
Roger Blanchard needs your report for your section of the trail if you have not turned it in. He will assume if you have not reported that you did not get to your section last summer.
Please contact rblanchard@lssu.edu and cc Stan at kay1940@lighthouse.net .
Recent Events
Over 40 hardy snowshoe hikers and skiers joined HSS at Soldier Lake january 9th to Celebrate National Winter Trails Day. The thermometer read 20 below when the first HSS members and guests arrived at the soldier Lake Campground. The day was spent skiing, snowshoeing, and roasting hotdogs by the fire. Many beginners were introduced to snowshoes by Theresa Neal from the Tahquamenon Falls State Park. You can find Theresa leading snowshoe hikes every February weekend at the Falls.
The December Hikers trekked from East Lake Road to USFS 3323. The adventurers skirted the Niagara Escarpment. A potluck dinner followed at the Kujawa cabin.
February Hike
Thank you to HSS members and friends
Thank you for all you have done for HSS and the NCT in 2009!
Thank you:
Hiawatha Shore-to-Shore Contact Information
We suggest you copy this information. Do encourage hikers to contact us for information on hikes and for volunteer information. Also visit our website and the new NCTA website.
Please note the following contacts for reporting illegal use of the NCT, for informing us of your hiking experience on the NCT and for volunteer work reports
CONTACTS FOR REPORTING ONGOING ORV USE AND OTHER TRAIL INFRACTIONS
Susanne Thomas at susannethomas@hotmail.com . HSS needs to know when and where the illegal use of the trail transpired. Susanne is chairperson for HSS Trail Preservation Committee. Contact her for more information, questions, and any suggestions that you may have.
Hiawatha National Forest
Contact Joe Orsini, USFS Law Enforcement Officer, at 906-643-7900.
If no answer, call Central Dispatch at 906-495-2142. They will contact Officer Orsini.
Lake Superior State Forest and Tahquamenon State Park
Contact Luce County Sheriff Kevin Erickson at 906-293-4261
In the Superior Forest call Newberry DNR Office 906-293-3293
or the Michigan DNR Hotline Number at 800-292-7800
Tahquamenon State Park-Craig Krepps at 906-492-3415
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HIAWATHA SHORE-TO-SHORE CONTACTS:
Charlene DeWitt, President at kc8mld@lighthouse.net
Glenn Cornwell, VP at glenncornwell@gmail.com
Susanne Thomas at susannesthomas@hotmail.com or 906-635-3378
Roger Blanchard Adopt A Section Coordinator rblanchard@lssu.edu
Roger Morrison Secretary at rmorrison@sault.com
Stanley Kujawa Treasurer hssstan@lighthouse.net or 989-350-2826
Kay Kujawa Communications Coordinator at kay1940@lighthouse.net
If you know of someone who would like to be on the HSS mailing list or if you do not wish to remain on the list, contact kay1940@lighthouse.net .