Our 2017 intern, Kris Rygiel, from MSU only worked for the last half of the summer but accomplished a lot! Here is a link to his 2017_internship_report.pdf.
We have exciting news! Dale Franz who writes our newsletter has just posted more than a dozen videos prepared for visitors to the Pigeon River Country Discovery Center have been posted on YouTube for public viewing.
So please check them out here. And don't forget the Discovery Center will open this fall. Keep watching this space.

They can also be found by searching YouTube for “Dale Franz” and choosing the one that has his photo. Click on “Created Playlists: Pigeon River Country."


We need your help!
The Discovery Center building is now ready to go. All it needs is displays. The Discovery Center Steering Committee has hired the  Good Design Group of Midland and Ypsilanti to develop exhibits. Some possible exhibit topics are: 
  • The Elk of the Big Wild
  • Hemingway in the Pine Barrens
  • History and managment of  the PRCSF (Lovejoy, Lunden, CCC, Concept of Management)
  • Conflict, Compromise, Collaboration (1970’s oil and gas controversy;  Pigeon River Dam removal;  science and current management challenges)
  • Oral history from different generations of people who have known and loved the PRC
But now we need your support. Please make a donation to support the Discovery Center and exhibits. With your help we hope to open next summer!
The DNR has announced a new elk tracking research project. Here is the announcement including a video of an elk capture and several photos.
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Joshua Clark's photo of Round Lake!
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   NEW MAP OF PIGEON RIVER COUNTRY
Our new map of the High Country Pathway and the Pigeon River Country is now available! It has up to date ownership, trail, and forest information. The new map costs $9 plus $1.50 for shipping and is available under Maps/Membership/Donations. Our Holiday Special has ended but you can still get the new map and Dale Franz' paperback book "The Pigeon River Country" by ordering them separately. The book includes some very interesting reminiscences from old timers as well as current information on the PRC.
As always your dollars support an intern working in the Pigeon River Country State Forest.
Notes for the Spring and Summer Advisory Council meetings by our representative are now posted under Advisory Council Reports. In addition here is the report from our summer intern Krista Dickerson describing her time in the PRC.    Report