Good afternoon, the following state parks are plowing loops in their park or campgrounds this winter. The parks want to partner with local libraries and co-promote weekly walking groups at the parks. For example, a Friday "Mommy & Me" walk at the park, followed by hot cocoa and story time at the library. Or a Winter Walkers/Silver Sneakers group who could walk at the park, then warm up with good book discussion at the library. For those places with a lot of snow, there are snowshoes that could be used for a Snowshoe 101 program. Please contact Maia Turek, DNR Recreation Programmer at turekm@michigan.gov<mailto:turekm@michigan.gov> or 989-225-8573 to participate. Parks that will be plowing campgrounds, which make excellent winter walking opportunities: -Bay City Recreation Area -Rifle River Recreation Area (near West Branch) -Keith J. Charters Traverse City State park -Fayette Historic State Park (Garden Peninsula, UP) -Waterloo Recreation Area (Portage Campground, Chelsea) -Sleepy Hollow State Park (near Lansing0 -Straits State Park (St. Ignace) -Fort Custer Recreation Area -Mitchell State Park (Cadillac) -Muskegon State Park -PJ Hoffmaster State Park (Muskegon) -Ludington State Park -Maybury State Park (Northville) -Burt Lake State Park (Indian River) -Grand Haven State Park Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 reishk@michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov>