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      <title>Petoskey committed to saving access to ‘Miracle Mile’ trail section</title>
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      <description>A portion of the Little Traverse Wheelway, which runs 26 miles from Harbor Springs to Charlevoix, collapsed in 2020.</description>
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      <title>Snowmobile season gets underway across Michigan</title>
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      <description>As of Dec. 1, Michigan snowmobiles are able to hit state trails. The Michigan snowmobile trail report says that various state trails are already opening up for the season.</description>
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      <title>Trail systems could take weeks to clear after ice storm</title>
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      <description>Organizations say they're working to restore the areas before the peak outdoor tourism season begins.</description>
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      <title>Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail gets more pushback from local group</title>
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      <description>A new report shows the final segment of the trail would require retaining walls in a critical dune area, plus boardwalk across wetlands.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 13:39:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Ellie Katz</dc:creator>
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      <title>Construction on White Pine Trail closes 21-mile section until November</title>
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      <description>A 21-mile section from Howard City to Big Rapids of the White Pine Trail is set to receive construction to make the whole trail paved.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kaia Zimmerman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan creates new 10-year plan for trail system</title>
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      <description>Michigan’s trail system has been working with hikers, bikers, horse riders and others to put together a new ten-year plan.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lester Graham</dc:creator>
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      <title>Northwest Michigan trail use increases</title>
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      <description>Northwest Michigan trail systems saw a busy weekend over Memorial Day, and that’s expected to continue.Scott Slavin is the Northwest Lower Peninsula…</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 20:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Beaver Island dedicates water trail in September</title>
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      <description>A ceremony is scheduled September first to dedicate a recently added water trail around Beaver Island. The water trail was added to the DNR’s list of…</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:05:36 GMT</pubDate>
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