Responsible Recreation

Creating places for outdoor enthusiasts to recreate without damaging the environment is an important step in the conservation process. Therefore, Huron Pines implemented the Lupton Motorized Trail project. 

Read the complete project update.

This project restored damaged areas and created new trails for responsible ORV use. For this project, a ½ mile of trail for motorized recreational was added, many illegal ORV routes and unnecessary Forest System roads closed, and erosion problems addressed, improving approximately 2 miles of existing trail and rehabilitating ORV damage.

With a restoration plan completed, Huron Pines, U.S. Forest Service personnel and 20 enthusiastic and hardworking volunteers from the ATV Off-Road Club of Michigan installed 3 gates to regulate trail use, 150 feet of fencing to guide users, trail signage and rehabilitated ORV damaged areas all in one day.

The work was completed in 2 areas on the trail about 2 miles apart. One group worked on the proposed trailhead location to install fencing and a gate, while another group worked on erosion sites and installed additional fencing. Once the tasks at hand were completed, both groups met at the new entrance to the ORV portion of the trail to install the last of the two gates. 

Special Thanks to our Conservation Partners

We would like to thank the ATV OFF Road Club of Michigan for their help and use of equipment and the Rose City/Lupton Area Chamber of Commerce for their generous donation of $1,000 for this project. 

Our partners include the U.S. Forest Service, Ogemaw County Road Commission, Rose City/Lupton Area Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Alliance for Oscoda County and the ATV OFF Road Club of Michigan.

Funding for this project was provided by the West Branch/Ogemaw County Travel and Visitors Bureau, Yamaha Grants Program, U.S. Forest Service, and the Rose City/Lupton Area Chamber of Commerce.