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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Fenton Approves $2,500 Contract for Wildlife Control at Water Plant

Two coyotes were removed in the past year; council member says there are some behind Meadow Pointe in Fenton.

Twenty-one woodchucks, 12 cats, four skunks, four foxes, two coyotes and one badger. Over the last year, Wildlife Management and Rescue, of Flushing, live trapped and relocated 44 animals from the Fenton Water Plant property, said Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Daniel Czarnecki. The city paid $2,500 for the year of service, to live trap and remove animals that are making homes in the fenced area behind the water treatment plant, around the lime lagoons and the storm water retention ponds. The animals were causing a nuisance and burrowing into the ground around the water treatment plant, compromising the integrity of the ground around the plant, Czarnecki said. As part of Fenton’s new groundwater discharge permit from the …

Monday, August 20, 2012

Weather Makes Fenton Area Lake a Fun Place for Boating

Boating enthusiasts report an excellent season; DNR is improving parking and water quality at Lake Fenton Public Access.

Grab the family, the cooler and your boat shoes. With Labor Day weekend and more sunny weather ahead, there's still time for boaters to get out onto an area lake and enjoy the water. With its numerous lakes, many boaters call the Fenton area home. One of them, Joe Griffin, of Fenton, has been enjoying waterskiing for 35 years. "I'm an old-school slalom waterskiier," Griffin said Sunday, at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Lake Fenton Public Access off Grove Park Road. This boating season has been wonderful and spectacular, he added. Griffin prefers Lake Fenton and Torch Lake, out of the area bodies of water. Manager Tracy Danner, of Skipper Bud's, also said the boating season is going well. From spring to around mid-June, the …

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