Traveling with your pup? These Michigan state parks have dog-friendly cabins
Updated May 13, 2021;
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LANSING, MICH. Planning a trip in Michigan’s great outdoors doesn’t have to mean leaving your four-legged BFF behind. Michigan’s state parks and recreation areas generally welcome pets (with a few ground rules, of course), and several state parks offer pet-friendly lodging, too, from remote yurts to cozy mini cabins.
According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the following state-managed lodging options are open to pets. Note that there are some additional fees (details here), and that pet owners must follow DNR rules for pets in state parks. Overnight lodging options can be booked up to 12 months in advance at MiDNRReservations.com.
Saugatuck mansion on dunes development land listed at $8.75M
SAUGATUCK TWP. A well-known property in Saugatuck has been listed for sale once more.
Nestled on 7.31 acres with 447 feet of frontage on Lake Michigan and 658 feet on the Kalamazoo River, the house at 3574 Saugatuck Beach Road has been listed at $8.75 million. The property includes five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, four garages, an extensive outdoor porch and a private beach.
Most commonly referred to by locals as the Denison house, the property was designed to resemble a boat by Chicago architect John Tilton in 1990. The house was first owned by Franklin and Gertrude Denison, the original owners of Broward Yachts.
Turning in tagged fish could be rewarding
Next time you catch a trout or salmon, remember to check for a clip on the adipose fin – that small, fleshy fin behind the dorsal fin. It could be worth $100.
Through mass marking assistance by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Great Lakes states, including Michigan, mark popular game fish like steelhead, Chinook salmon, Atlantic salmon, brown trout and lake trout.
Most trout and salmon with an adipose fin clip also have a coded-wire tag in their snout. The tag is small, like the tip of a lead pencil, so it must be removed by lab technicians. Anyone catching and wanting to keep an adipose fin clipped fish should turn the head into a local drop-off station in Michigan.
Oman Creek boating access site opens May 12, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) boating access site at Oman Creek has opened for the season.
Seasonal dredging operations were completed on May 5 and the site will be dredged weekly through September 29.
Dredging helps clear sediment washed into the creek and river mouth over the winter months, and maximizes the safe passage of boat traffic into and out of Lake Superior.
Money for the dredging was derived from waterways capital outlay funding, Michigan DNR said.
The boating access site is situated on Oman Creek, just upstream from Lake Superior at Little Girls Point in Gogebic County.