Iron County Silent Sports

Greetings to all friends of Camp Mercer Trail. The winter was kind to the Camp Mercer Trail, and clean-up should be easy. Just a few small trees and branches in the trail will be easy to handle. The cherry tree shoots in the old ball field will be are largest task.

Bring clippers, hand saws, rakes and work gloves. No power tools can be used on DNR property without DNR certification. A few bottles of water and bug spray would be a wise addition to your backpack.

If you have any questions contact Jim Bokern at 715 897-1414. Hope to see you at the Camp Mercer entrance gate on Manitowish river Access Road at 8:00 on May, 10.

Google Maps address below

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Details: Participants will hike 1 to 2 miles on the Deadhorse Grouse Trails within the Turtle Flambeau Scenic Waters Area. Then the participants would paddle about a mile on the Little Turtle River back to the starting point. John Bates will lead the group while they discover birds, and other wonders of nature found along the journey.
Date: Friday, May 16th
Time: 7:30 am until 12 pm
Number of participants: 12 (participants will be required to sign up using this ICORE Meetup.
Hiking/Paddling schedule
7:30 am Participants would drop of kayaks or canoes at drop off site. ICORE volunteers will transport kayaks/canoes via boat trailers or pickup trucks to the launch site on the Little Turtle river.
8:00 am Participants would park their vehicles near the confluence of the Turtle Flambeau Flowage and the Little Turtle River.
Starting at the parking area participants would hike 1 to 2 miles through the Deadhorse Grouse trails to the boat launch.
The group would continue birding activities while paddling the Little Turtle Rivier back to the vehicle parking area.