Posted March 27, 2017 4:11 pm by Comments

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

F.J. McLain State Park Master Plan
A map showing the master plan at F.J. McLain State Park.
Michigan DNR
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials said a recent $1.25 million capital outlay allocation has helped boost to nearly $3 million the total amount of funding available to design and construct master plan concepts at F.J. McLain State Park.

Work was initially planned to begin this spring, but has been postponed until after Labor Day (Sept. 4) and the busy summertime camping season.

“In January, the DNR announced it had awarded an initial $1.25 million in 2017 capital outlay funding for Phase I implementation of the master plan,” said Eric Cadeau, a regional field planner with the DNR in Baraga. “We now have received another $1.25 million for Phase 2 improvements, bringing our total funding so far to $2.7 million.”

Financial assistance was provided, in part, by the Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program, Office of the Great Lakes, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, under the National Coastal Zone Management Program, through a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

In August, the DNR solicited public comments on the McLain State Park master plan, which …Read the Rest

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