2008 Woodie Awards
On the Trail
Beth Kramer
Issue date: 4/12/07 Section: Features
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After being cooped up in apartments and dorm rooms throughout the winter and surprise spring blizzards, many students are taking advantage of the warm weather to get back outside and into shape.
Marquette is home to multiple trails, which provides a scenic outdoor workout space. Carol Fulsher, recreation development specialist at the Marquette Chamber of Commerce, said the trails draw a lot of NMU students and tourists to the area.
"If you want to get off-road, your choices are endless," Fulsher said.
Elee Kallusky, president of the Organization for Outdoor Recreation Professionals ,is passionate about using and maintaining outdoor trails, she said. She visits Marquette's various paths throughout the year for different activities.
"My preferred mode of transportation in the winter is snowshoeing and in the summer, fall and spring it's just hiking," said Kallusky, a junior outdoor recreation leadership management major.
She added that her favorite part about hiking is getting the freedom to experience nature at her own pace, getting away from the city and enjoying what the woods have to offer.
Greenways
If students want to get out but want to peruse more of town than just one trail, Greenways offers a self-guided tour..
Greenways is a mapping project to make Marquette more walk-able and bike-able, according to their Web site. Northern Options, a nonprofit organization dedicated to energy efficiency, funded the project through a community education grant from the State of Michigan Energy Office. The project is geared towards out-of-towners, according to their Web site.
Greenways highlights paths around town. The maps also indicate sidewalk restrooms, fountains, marinas, trailheads, snowshoe and cross-country skiing trails. The tour passes by popular exercise venues such as McCarty's Cove, Lakeshore Boulevard, Shiras Park, the Dead River Falls, Presque Isle, South Beach and Mattson Lower Harbor Park.
Northern Option Director Jennifer Silverton was inspired to create the Greenways project in 2005 after visiting Japan and taking a self-guided tour there, according to the Web site.
Marquette is home to multiple trails, which provides a scenic outdoor workout space. Carol Fulsher, recreation development specialist at the Marquette Chamber of Commerce, said the trails draw a lot of NMU students and tourists to the area.
"If you want to get off-road, your choices are endless," Fulsher said.
Elee Kallusky, president of the Organization for Outdoor Recreation Professionals ,is passionate about using and maintaining outdoor trails, she said. She visits Marquette's various paths throughout the year for different activities.
"My preferred mode of transportation in the winter is snowshoeing and in the summer, fall and spring it's just hiking," said Kallusky, a junior outdoor recreation leadership management major.
She added that her favorite part about hiking is getting the freedom to experience nature at her own pace, getting away from the city and enjoying what the woods have to offer.
Greenways
If students want to get out but want to peruse more of town than just one trail, Greenways offers a self-guided tour..
Greenways is a mapping project to make Marquette more walk-able and bike-able, according to their Web site. Northern Options, a nonprofit organization dedicated to energy efficiency, funded the project through a community education grant from the State of Michigan Energy Office. The project is geared towards out-of-towners, according to their Web site.
Greenways highlights paths around town. The maps also indicate sidewalk restrooms, fountains, marinas, trailheads, snowshoe and cross-country skiing trails. The tour passes by popular exercise venues such as McCarty's Cove, Lakeshore Boulevard, Shiras Park, the Dead River Falls, Presque Isle, South Beach and Mattson Lower Harbor Park.
Northern Option Director Jennifer Silverton was inspired to create the Greenways project in 2005 after visiting Japan and taking a self-guided tour there, according to the Web site.
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