Hike tomorrow

[Chris Clark]

The weather looks iffy; I’ll send an email around 8:15 with a final decision.

Wa-Ke-Na, South Tract - https://radarhill.club/trails/wau-ke-na-south/ 

¾ mile north of Glenn - 1599 70th St (Lakeshore R).

All hikers will sign in and accept a liability waiver. 

https://radarhillclub.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/hike_waiver.pdf

Description: 2 miles, easy, flat, no obstacles (60 minutes)

• Surface - mostly grass, but there may be muddy areas


• Long pants help avoid deer ticks.


• No restroom
, but lots of parking.


Wau-Ke-Na (“forest by the water”) is a 385-acre nature preserve that was created in 2005 through a bequest from William Erby Smith. The property is managed by the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy. From the website: “The South Tract includes an oak-hickory forest, early successional forest, old field, prairie grassland, wet meadow, pond, cattail marsh, and lake-plain prairie. The grasslands provide a habitat for significant numbers of grassland birds in decline. The forests are changing dramatically due to the emerald ash borer – the silver lining is that increased sunlight is resulting in greater numbers of wildflowers in the woodlands. Lake-plain prairies are an endangered habitat and extremely rare in west Michigan.”

[Chris Clark]

(At 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 29,weather permitting)

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 1:47 PM Chris Clark <clar...@nd.edu> wrote:

The weather looks iffy; I’ll send an email around 8:15 with a final decision.

Wa-Ke-Na, South Tract - https://radarhill.club/trails/wau-ke-na-south/ 

¾ mile north of Glenn - 1599 70th St (Lakeshore R).

All hikers will sign in and accept a liability waiver. 

https://radarhillclub.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/hike_waiver.pdf

Description: 2 miles, easy, flat, no obstacles (60 minutes)

• Surface - mostly grass, but there may be muddy areas

• Long pants help avoid deer ticks.

• No restroom, but lots of parking.

[Radar Hill Hiking Club]

See you at 9:00. 

FYI, the last I knew, the road was still closed by Pier Cove.