Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST Brian Bogaczyk talks to a crowd Thursday at Cold Iron Brewing about recreational opportunities on the Ottawa National Forest during this month's Tech and Science on Tap event.
By RICHARD JENKINS
Ironwood - This month's Tech and Science on Tap program Thursday at Cold Iron Brewing featured some of the best the Ottawa National Forest has to offer as wildlife biologist Brian Bogaczyk talked about some of the many recreational opportunities available in the forest.
At roughly 1 million acres, the national forest covers parts of Gogebic, Ontonagon Iron, Houghton, Baraga and Marquette counties.
After briefly talking about the popular scenic area around Black River Harbor and waterfalls upstream, Bogaczyk moved onto some of the other areas of the national forest.
"My goal here is to maybe show you some places that maybe you don't know on the Ottawa," Bogaczyk said.
He talked about several scenic overlooks - including Wolf Mountain between Wakefield and Marenisco and the Gogebic Ridge Trail - and Yondota Falls north of Marenisco
Bogaczyk also discussed the wilderness areas on the Ottawa, including the Sylvania Wilderness near Watersmeet and Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness near Sidnaw.
Along with the hiking and canoeing opportunities in Sylvania, Bogaczyk said there is now a paved biking trail connecting into trails around Land O' Lakes, Wis.
For more information on recreation in the Ottawa Forest, visit the forest's website at fs.usda.gov/ottawa.
