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Otter River

  • Spring 1995 - FOLK members look at reported erosion due to poor road and logging practices on DNR Forest land in the Otter River watershed
  • October 1997 - presentation to the NRC documenting these abuses with photographs and locations
  • December 1997 - attend DNR Baraga Area open house compartment review.  No timber sale lines redrawn.
  • July 1998 - another presentation to the NRC in Calumet to relay our frustrations in trying to protect the Otter River watershed.
  • October 1998 - FOLK led DNR managers and NRC members on field trip into the Otter River Watershed
  • 1999 - Sturgeon/Otter River Watershed Council Established
  • 2008 - Approval of the RWA (Rapid Watershed Assessment) grant for a current sedimentation study (for more information, see June 28th newsletter)