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KENTON, Mich. (OCTOBER 17, 2017) – The Ottawa National Forest is pleased to once again host the Sports Car Club of America Road Rally Recreational Event on the Kenton Ranger District. The Lake Superior Performance Rally begins Friday evening, October 20. Please be aware that we have issued an official road closure on the Ottawa National Forest to accommodate this activity.
Authorization has been granted to the Sports Car Club of America from October 20, 2017 at 3:30 PM (EST) through October 21, 2017 at 12:00 AM to prohibit being physically in person on or using a motorized vehicle on the rally stages. Roads and stage descriptions are available on the Ottawa National Forest website, as well as at the Kenton and Ontonagon District Offices. Your cooperation on road closure areas is appreciated.
Three authorized spectator viewing point locations are designated. They are at the intersections of Forest Roads 4500 and 4580, at the intersection of Forest Roads 3610 and 3616, and at the intersection of Forest Roads 2210 and 1300.
For more information, contact the Kenton Ranger District at 906-852-3500 or ottawa_nf@fs.fed.us.
For more information about the spectator viewing areas and directions to them visit www.lsprorally.com/spectators/.
The U.S. Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a mission of sustaining the health, diversity and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The Forest Service’s Eastern Region includes 20 states in the Midwest and East, stretching from Maine, to Maryland, to Missouri, to Minnesota. There are 17 national forests and one national tallgrass prairie in the Eastern Region. For more information, visit www.fs.usda.gov/R9.
The U.S. Forest Service manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the Forest Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 20 percent of the nation’s clean water supply, a value estimated at $7.2 billion per year. The agency has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80 percent of the 850 million forested acres within the U.S., of which 100 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live. For more information, visit www.fs.fed.us.
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