August 2018
The Moose River is low water when everyone wants to go on the Missinaibi.
Lately, folks have opted to get out at Moose River Crossing. There have been reports of long, shallow sections further down.
Unless getting to Moosonee is your primary oobjective, consider getting out at the Crossing. It can be a slog the further you go…
Don’t forget to call Ontario Northland in Moosonee if you choose the Crossing. Their flag stop rules keep changing.
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2018 LOAPC Activities
All trips will have coordination information posted prior to the activity with contact info on the Club Meetup page (Meetup registration required to view). Scroll down and click “More Meetups” to see all posted trips. Note that a few trips require more advance commitment due to ferry or lodging reservations needed. Participants are responsible for having appropriate equipment and ability. Nonmembers must sign a Club waiver prior to participation. No club dues required for participation.
Wearing a properly fastened life jacket is mandatory while on the water during all Club activities.
RSVP required at https://www.meetup.com/Lansing-Oar-and-Paddle-Club/
JH – president trip, skill levels vary, inquire on Meetup for details
LC/TK – recreation
SL/LS – open water, prior Meetup contact required
GS/TL – whitewater, prior Meetup contact required
Feb 24-25 37th Annual Au Sable River Overnight (JH)
March 3 Quiet Water Symposium
March 24 Looking Glass River – DeWitt to Wacousta (JH)
March 31 Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
April 15 Grand River: Weber Dam to Lyons; 2 rapids, maybe two runs (GS)
April 19-22 Manistee River – Baxter Bridge to Red Bridge (JH)
April 21 Sleepy Hollow (LC)
April 28 Grand Haven (SL)
April 28 Hugh Heward Challenge (MGROW)
May 5 Cold Water Rescue Practice – Sleepy Hollow (SL)
May 5 Red Cedar River – Grand River Blvd. to Ferguson Park (JH)
May 11-13 Au Sable River – Grayling to McKinley (JH))
May 18-20 Wilderness State Park (SL)
May 25-28 NE Wisconsin WW trip (Peshtigo, Wolf, etc.) Class 2 – 3+ (TL)
May 26 6th Annual Memorial Day Paddle and Picnic [location TBA] (JH)
May 28 Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
June 4 6 PM start: Weber Dam to Lyons with practice moves (GS)
June 9 Reenter and Roll Practice – Sleepy Hollow (SL)
June 9 Youth Sports Event (JH)
June 11 6 PM start: Eaton Rapids WW move practice (GS)
June 15-17 Women at the Dunes. Open water at Sleeping Bear Dunes, gals only!
June 16 Overnight on Middle Island (SL)
June 23-25 Ottawa River Whitewater (TL)
June 30 Retirement paddle for Rich and Patty to Hell and back (JH)
July 6-8 Grand Island National Recreation Area (SL)
July 7 Flat River [section TBA] (TK/LC)
July 14 Navigation Clinic – Detroit River (SL)
July 15 Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
July 28 – Aug 12 Lower Missinaibi (JH) TRIP FULL
Aug TBA Rodeo (SL)
Aug 24-26 Lime Island Rendezvous III. Open water paddling to the island and cabins or camping. (LS and TL)
August 25 Flat River [section TBA] (TK/LC)
Sept TBA Long Boat Surfing Clinic – Location TBD (SL)
Sept 1 6th Annual Labor Day Paddle and Picnic (JH)
Sept 3 Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
Sept 7-10 WW Youghiogheny River area in PA; Class 2 – 3+ (GS)
Sept 8-9 Boardman River [section TBA] (TK)
Sept 13-16 Delirium Wilderness (JH)
Sept 27-30 Mackinac Wilderness (JH)
Oct 6 Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
Oct 6 Red Cedar River Clearing (JH)
Oct 11-14 Beaver Basin Wilderness (JH)
Oct 20 Grand River [section TBA] (LC)
Oct 25-28 Backpacking Sleeping Bear Dunes (JH)
Nov 9-10 Backpacking Potowatomi Trail (JH)
Nov 23 28th Annual Turkey Float (JH)
Dec 1-2 TBD
Dec 22 25th Annual Solstice/Christmas Eve Float (JH)
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All trips will have coordination information posted prior to the activity with contact info on the Club Meetup page (Meetup registration required to view). Scroll down and click “More Meetups” to see all posted trips. Note that a few trips require more advance commitment due to ferry or lodging reservations needed. Participants are responsible for having appropriate equipment and ability. Nonmembers must sign a Club waiver prior to participation. No club dues required for participation.
Wearing a properly fastened life jacket is mandatory while on the water during all Club activities.
RSVP required at https://www.meetup.com/Lansing‐Oar‐and‐Paddle‐Club/
(schedule revised June 13, 2017)
JH – president trip, skill levels vary, inquire on Meetup for details LC or TK – recreation
WW – whitewater, prior Meetup contact required OW – open water, prior Meetup contact required
June 11 Grand River, Old Town to Jaycee Park (LC) rescheduled to September 9
June 18 Flat River Covered Bridge Tour I, Fallasburg to Lowell (TK/LC) rescheduled to August 5
June 17‐18 Pennsylvania whitewater TBD (WW)
June 21‐25 Massasauga Provincial Park, ON (JH) TRIP FULL – 9 persons maximum – permits have been acquired. You can join us by making your own reservations.
July 4 Holiday morning rec paddle, Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
July 6‐9 Big Island Wilderness Area, U.P. (JH) 9 persons maximum per group – no reservations
July 14‐16 Women at Wilderness (just gals at Wilderness State Park, open water paddling, car camping) (OW)
July 19‐23 Sylvania Tract, U.P. (JH) TRIP FULL – 10 persons maximum – permits have been acquired. You can join us by making your own reservations.
July 29 Morning rec paddle, Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
August 5 Flat River Covered Bridge Tour II, Lowell to Thornapple Confluence (TK/LC)
August 4‐6 Cheboygan State Park (open water paddling, car camping) (OW)
August 12 Morning rec paddle, Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
August 19 Morning rec paddle, Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
Aug 25‐27 18th Annual Family Paddling Trip (JH)
September 2 5th Annual LOAPC Labor Day Saturday float and picnic – location TBD (JH/LC rec)
September 4 Holiday morning rec paddle, Sleepy Hollow State Park (LC)
September 8‐10 Backpacking Nordhouse Dunes (JH)
September 9 Rec paddle, location TBA (LC)
September 20‐24 Backpacking Pictured Rocks, U.P. (JH) Permits have been acquired for 12 persons. Early reservations can be made my contacting Jay Hanks
September 30 Red Cedar River – Williamston to Grand River Blvd (JH)
October 14 Fall Color Tour, Grand River, Portland to Webber Dam (LC)
October 19‐22 Jordan River Surf‐n‐Turf (JH)
November 3-5 Platte and Boardman Rivers (JH)
November 24 27th Annual Turkey Float (JH)
December 2‐3 Pere Marquette River (JH)
December 23 24th Annual Christmas Eve/Solstice Float (JH)
December 31 26th Annual New Year’s Float @ 2:00 pm Sunday (JH
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All trips will have coordination information posted prior to the activity with contact info on the Club Meetup page (Meetup registration required to view). Scroll down and click “More Meetups” to see all posted trips. Note that a few trips require more advance commitment due to ferry or lodging reservations needed. Participants are responsible for having appropriate equipment and ability. Nonmembers must sign a Club waiver prior to participation. No club dues required for participation.
Wearing a properly fastened life jacket is mandatory while on the water during all Club activities.
SEP 8-11 *Manistee River Surf-N-Turf v. 3.0 – base camping at Seaton Creek NF Campground
SEP 11 *Grand River – Old Town to Grand Ledge
SEP 17 *Red Cedar River – Grand River Blvd. to Ferguson Park
SEP 17 Maple River “Howl at the Moon”
SEP 22-25 *Manistee River and Tippy Pond Overnight
SEP 30–OCT 3 Inland Waterway fall color paddle & bike return combo; paddle campground to campground and return by rail-trail.
OCT 7-8 Red Cedar River Clean and Clear Project
OCT 15 *Grand River – Portland to Webber Dam
OCT 13-16 *Backpacking High Country Pathway
OCT 20-23 Manistee River – County Road 612 to M-66. Base camping at CCC Bridge SF Campground
NOV 4-6 Backpacking High Country Pathway
NOV 25 26th Annual Turkey Float
DEC 3-4 Au Sable River – Saturday: Chase Bridge on the South Branch of the Au Sable and overnight camping on the river at Canoe Harbor Campground. Paddle out to McMaster’s Bridge on Sunday.
DEC 24 23rd Annual Christmas Eve Morning Float
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Hello all! Karen Stock here (daughter of Jim Woodruff).
And thank you to our sponsors and inspirations for so many years here at the annual Hugh Heward Challenge, the Verlen Kruger Memorial Committee, along with all their family members, that not only shared their loved ones with the work, but jumped in did the work alongside them. And still do.
She is a doer – quiet and reserved, a real get-it-done person. Charlie Parmelee, who met Nancy when he was rec chair at the Lansing Oar and Paddle Club, talked to me about Nancy’s involvement in LOAPC and the many paddles they did together.
Jay Hanks told me about a time LOAPC came close to dissolving with the break up of the rowers. Nancy called Jay – again, working behind the scenes – and together they were able to keep the club going.
to describe Nancy: Still waters run deep. Think about that for a moment. How perfect it is, both as a description of this year’s winner as a person, and the way she makes her contribution.
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The Michigan Volunteer River, Stream and Creek Cleanup Grant Program (VRSCCP) began in 1998. This program provides small grants to local units of government to help implement volunteer cleanup efforts of rivers, streams and creeks to improve the waters in Michigan. Funds are specifically to pay for the cleanup and removal of trash and debris from rivers and streams and along their banks. Grant funds awarded under the program can pay for such items as disposal costs, hand tools, supplies, refreshments, and other volunteer appreciation materials for volunteers. Local units of government are eligible to apply for and receive funding and may, in turn, work with nonprofit organizations and grassroots groups to conduct the actual cleanup efforts.
Funding is provided from citizen donations collected through fees associated with the sale of Michigan’s Water Quality Protection License Plates under Public Act 74 of 2000. By law, these funds are to be used for water quality protection in Michigan Great Lakes, inland lakes, rivers, and streams.
The VRSCCP is managed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and is administered under contract by the Great Lakes Commission (GLC). The DEQ works cooperatively with the GLC staff, providing overall direction for the program. The DEQ makes the final grant award decisions under the VRSCCP. Additionally, DEQ staff provides advice and assistance to volunteers on technical issues and considerations for the proposed projects.
NEW Volunteer River, Stream and Creek Cleanup Program Factsheet
Funding Process and Awarding of Grants
The grant application period for the 2015 grant cycle has now ended. Please check back in December for more information on the 2016 grant cycle. Future grant applicants may view the 2015 Grant Application Package as a resource to read more about the application process.
Annually (typically around mid-January), a Grant Application Package (GAP) is issued for the VRSCCP Grants. Information contained in the GAP is based on existing DEQ guidance, and indicates the total amount of funding available for a given fiscal year. Currently a total of $25,000 is available annually for cleanup grants.
Upon receipt of grant applications, the GLC, in conjunction with DEQ administrative staff, review and assess the merits of each proposed project. After funding decisions are made, the GLC requests a final workplan from each grantee. Upon approval of the workplan, the contract letter is sent to the grantee indicating the amount of the grant award and the terms of agreement between the grantee and the GLC for implementation of the project. The DEQ and the GLC reserve the right to remove parts of proposed projects which do not meet the program criteria as specified in the GAP, or which otherwise might impair water quality.
Cleanup projects can occur anytime after the award of the grant, but must be completed before the end of that year’s specific project completion deadline. Final reports are due within 30 days of project completion date. Communities are strongly encouraged to continue these volunteer projects in subsequent years. Many communities have expressed that their volunteers develop a clearer sense of what a watershed is, a connection to their watershed and a greater understanding of how their individual actions can help or cause harm to their watershed, and a sense of “pride of place and community.”
Thirteen projects were awarded stream cleanup grants for FY 2015. For further information on these grants, please visit http://www.glc.org/projects/water-quality/streamclean/sc-grants.
Questions
Contact Laura Kaminski at laurak@glc.org
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River Kayaking
Students in this class learn the fundamentals of safely paddling moving water and whitewater rivers. Two Tuesday class sessions will be held in the classroom and the pool, focusing on safety skills, water reading, river paddling maneuvers, and trip planning. The third class will be an all-day trip to a Michigan river with light rapids suitable for practicing skills learned in the pool. Students taking this course should have taken Kayaking I &II or the equivalent. Graduates of this class will have the foundation needed to continue practicing their skills by joining local club trips!
6:30 – 9:30 pm. $110. Tuesdays April 28, May 5; river trip Saturday May 9.
Also, new dates added at Mason High School pool through Mason Community Education!
Kayaking I: Paddle Safe, Paddle Right
This three-session course will introduce you to kayaking in a safe and warm environment and help you develop basic skills and safety awareness. You will learn about boats and gear, what to do in case of a capsize, and how to maneuver your boat with basic strokes.
6:00 – 9:00 pm. $84. Thursdays May 7, 14, 21.
Kayaking II: Tipping, Staying Upright, & Rolling
This two evening course is for students with some kayaking experience who want to work on recovery skills (balance, edging, and braces) and learn how to roll. 6:00 – 9:00 pm. $58. Thursdays June 4, 11.
Registration for the East Lansing class is through this email or 517-333-9716.
Registration for the Mason HS classes is through Mason Community Education, by calling 244-6416 or online at https://mason.revtrak.net.
Thanks for supporting the LAINST pool class program!
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