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DNR Trust grant to fund O Kun de Kun Falls trail updates

By JAN TUCKER

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ONTONAGON — Visitors to the O Kun de Kun Falls will have a new trail, bridge and improved parking lot to better enjoy the beautiful falls by July 31.

Kenny Wawsczyk, of the North Country Trail Association, informed the Ontonagon County Board Tuesday the 1.4 miles of new trails to the falls is being paid by a DNR Trust Fund grant which will go through the county into the project. The DNR Trust Fund can’t give the grant to the trail association, but can send grant money to the county. The U.S. Forest Service will provide $29,700 to be used as a match. The count...