LANSING, MI-- The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund is recommending the state purchase land in Houghton County.
The MNRTF wants the Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division to receive $600,000 to acquire about 80 acres. The move would provide public access to Douglass Houghton Falls and Hammell Creek Gorge.
Houghton County officials say the 63 acres surrounding the falls border state-owned rail trails and state highway M-26. The property would serve as a trailhead for the Hancock to Laurium Rail Trail.
The DNR says it plans to partner with the Houghton Keweenaw County Recreation Authority and Calumet Township to develop and maintain the property as a scenic site.
