Gogebic County receives $9,200 in habitat grant

BESSEMER — The Gogebic Conservation District, working with the Gogebic County Forestry and Parks Commission and the Superior Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society, has been awarded a $9,200 Drummer Fund grant.

The money comes from the national Ruffed Grouse Society.

The project, in the Gogebic County Forest south of Bessemer, has two aims, according to Jim Finley, GCS Administrator.

“One is to maintain and improve six miles of hunter walking trails and wildlife openings in the Mosinee Grouse Enhanced Management System tract near the junction of the Mosinee Grade and County 519.

“These...