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October 20, 2026
Trail reroute will be available
With repair work on trestle footings continuing beyond a previously anticipated completion date, a section of snowmobile Trail UP8 will be closed this winter, with a reroute available.
The Agate Trestle, a key attraction which crosses the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River more than 100 feet above Agate Falls, has compromised footings causing the trail section closure between Bruce Crossing and Kenton.
The available trail re-route is located south of Trail UP8. It uses portions of trails UP3, UP150 and UP107. Engineering is underway to design a fix for the footings. Repairs are expected to be undertaken in 2027. Originally, the trail was scheduled to be closed until Nov. 1.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division and the Sno Valley Riders Snowmobile Club are working together to erect signs along the reroute and minimize the impact to the surrounding community.
The trestle was built in 1900 by the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. No railroad train has crossed the trestle since 1981. A decade later, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources acquired the trestle and railroad line, transitioning usage to recreation.
Find out more about the DNR’s extensive trails across Michigan and visit Michigan.gov/DNRClosures to find anticipated closure dates and additional information on this project. Any revised construction timelines will be announced on the closures page.
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Do you fish the Muskegon River between Croton Dam and the river mouth at Lake Michigan? This fall you might see in the channel lake whitefish carrying acoustic telemetry tags and acoustic receivers for tracking the fish.
After a week of living under the “Ready, Set, Go!” protocol for potential evacuations initiated in response to the Ridge Fire, located 10 miles northwest of Marquette, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Marquette County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management have lifted the “Ready” status for residents along North Basin Drive.
As fire crews on the ground battle to suppress and contain the Rugged Terrain Complex wildfires in the Upper Peninsula, officials have confirmed that a lightning strike was the cause of the Black River Fire. This was also the confirmed cause of the Craig Lake Fire; the cause of the Ridge Fire remains under investigation.
Like most things, wildfires don’t always look like they do in the movies. Even at hundreds of acres each (just over 1,400 acres combined), the three fires that make up the Rugged Terrain Complex aren’t currently burning through the trees of the Upper Peninsula forests. They are burning up to 2 feet down in the duff, a layer of organic material lying under freshly fallen leaves and twigs and above the bare mineral soil.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is now managing the three major U.P. wildfires – Ridge Fire, Craig Lake Fire and Black River Fire – as the Rugged Terrain Complex. One incident management team managing all three fires, known as a “complex,” allows for better coordination, logistical support, more streamlined communication and better efficiency.
From decades-long careers dedicated to public stewardship and introducing people to outdoor recreation and nature to innovative partnerships that bring natural science into Michigan classrooms, Michigan Department of Natural Resources education efforts are making a difference – and being recognized.
Adjusting daily possession limits to allow for harvesting smaller fish in select lakes and removing an unnecessary spawning closure are part of updated northern pike regulations now in effect following Michigan Natural Resources Commission action earlier this week.
Sixty-five Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters continued suppression efforts Thursday on the Ridge and Craig Lake fires, but the dangers they faced weren’t just the fires. Rough terrain, falling trees, slippery rocks, and rutted roads sometimes so muddy they are impassible, are just some of the unique hazards the crews are facing daily.
A new method for tagging stocked walleye, called parentage-based tagging, is more effective and cost-efficient than traditional approaches and will help fisheries managers better understand how stocking is or isn’t affecting the walleye populations in key lakes. It’s kind of like Ancestry.com or 23andMe for fish.
