Mostly sunny High: 72 | Low: 51 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, June 1, 2017 75 cents 8th annual BLACK RIVER HARBOR Go Ride R Forest Service Range bike works to re-open ride to be boat launch held Sunday By RICHARD JENKINS
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[email protected] While there isn’t a definite IRONWOOD — Sunday’s timetable for the work, officials eighth annual Go Ride R Range with the Ottawa National Forest bike ride will be a celebration of say they were working with a the Iron Belle Trail, according to company to re-open the boat chief organizer Jim Mildren. launch at Black River Harbor. “It’s been a long time coming Last week, the U.S. Forest and we’re so happy to be able to Service Ottawa National For- use the trail this year — from est’s Facebook page posted that Ironwood to Bessemer and heavy rainfall had washed sedi- back,” said Mildren. “This ride ment into the harbor, blocking will be a celebration of the Iron the boat launch. Belle Trail.” “We are working on getting While the first seven GRRRRs somebody out there to remove all have been road rides through the the silt that was deposited in countryside, mostly on county those last rainstorms,” Lisa and township roads, this one will Klaus, the public affairs officer center on the region’s new non- for Ottawa National Forest, said motorized trail. Wednesday. Mildren listed three main Klaus said the Forest Service things about the trail that will is developing a contract for the make this ride special.