Logging Presentation at Cadillac State Park

On Saturday (27 August), I presented a program on Michigan's Logging History to about 20 visitors at the Carl T. Johnson Hunt and Fish Center in Cadillac, MI.  A story about the program appeared on WMNN (MiNews 26), a local independent television station based out of Cadillac on their Saturday night news broadcast.

To learn more about Michigan's logging history, please check out these posts:

Michigan Logging Photos

More Logging Photographs 

Logging Photographs - Getting Logs out of the Woods

Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at North Higgins Lake State Park

One final photograph from the DNR Academy of Natural Resources.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worker statue at North Higgins Lake State Park

North Higgins Lake State Park is home to the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Museum.  During the 1930s and '40s, this was the site of Michigan first tree nursery - trees grown at this site were used to replant forests across northern Michigan.  CCC workers in Michigan also built roads and dams, constructed state and national park buildings, fought fires, and more.  The museum is open daily from now through Labor Day (September 5th).  For more information, visit the Michigan History Center website.

More Photos from the RAM Center at North Higgins Lake State Park

Yesterday was the first full day of 2016, Michigan DNR Academy of Natural Resources.  I had a little bit of time before and after class sessions to explore and photograph the area around the RAM Center.  A few of the photographs have been labeled, but not all of them.

Deer remains among conifer trees

Backlit spider web

Snail eggs on a decaying log

Daddy-long-legs (not a spider) camouflaged against pine bark

Birch Bark curls

Shelf fungus on a birch log

Daddy-long-legs on birch

Ripples in Higgins Lake