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So sad

So sad, this is so uncalled for and I wish sinthing could have been done.

The feds care more about what money could be made from lumber than actual conservation

This was a great watch. Too bad they can’t do what they did in Alaska with the Arctic wildlife refuge. Basically, the families that had cabins on that land their cabin permits expire when they expire. The Last Alaskans was a good show that followed a few of the families. There’s no reason these camps should have to be vacated. Real shame!

Another Big Bay Point? That’s so cool. Although there was never a lighthouse at the BBP, I know and love. At least none that anyone in my family is aware of. 🇨🇦

Such a great video !

This is very sad,,,,,

Just came across this and I feel for these folks. What is unsettling is what is said at 31:30. “The land is our land” said by a public servant….and she is not talking about “us” being in that circle.

a good example of the government messing up a good thing

Such a great watch, thanks, Kristin!

sorry guys 😞 what a shame! Don’t see why the u.s forestry couldn’t work out a lease-deal 😏 Hope many of you found new camps.. still doesn’t make it any easier… all those memories! 😭

Kristin- Although I appreciate your videos and memory lane, how’s about interviewing new & different people instead of the same 5 or 10 people…You might get a little different picture than the Rosie one that gets painted in your videos….As for coach Osier I hear she was ok, nuttin special… As for Bimbo he was trash, only thing I learned from him was off court and that was typing… You could have had Stevie Wonder coaching and get 500 wins with the talent that went through there….I hear my old teammates saying how they love him, Not me…I remember one game in particular 82 season at Ironwood Catholic, it was close game all the way, and I had taken wide open 10-15 Footer and missed… time out and in huddle screamed at me for trying to lose that game in front of god and everyone…. I would like to think I was an important piece on that team, but nobody deserved that….That whole season it seemed coach was trying to replace me on starting 5 and I wasn’t having any of it….. I can count on 2 or 3 fingers how many times in regular season I took shots outside of layup or put backs…Not counting on how Bimbo treated my nephew Jonathon, all he wanted to do was play with his friends on JV and u told him it was Varsity or nothing so he quit. Shame on you….. How about my other nephew Tyler Andersen who didn’t get no playing time or starting time…. What a shit show u are…. And here you are strutting around like a rooster….. I say Tom Caudill is Bullshit…. Everything I got from basketball was earned and Tom tried to take it away…. I think I quit that team once or twice my junior year…..I have no hard feelings, just stating facts…. PS- I hear that Brad Besonen is worste than Bimbo.

Kristin thanks for this trip down memory lane. I loved this episode. I had the job of trying to keep Bimbo on the bench, and witnessed the broken clip boards. We resorted to getting a metal one my senior year--it was a dented mess a few games in.

Is this place still open in 2024? I’d love to stay there for a night or two.

Thank you Kristin. you captured camp life . I am crying that the lease's where not extended.

Thank you for such an important and touching documentary Kristin! My Grandad's camp, our family cabin, was on the Cisco Branch of the Ontonagon River, and was impacted by the Wild Rivers Act. Its been gone for awhile, as are all the camps down that road. I just went down the forestry road off Sleepy Hollow a couple weeks ago and located the spot where it once stood, climbed down the bank to the river (trail is long gone) where we used to fish and my kids swam, and I also found the spot where the buck pole once stood. So sad. My grandchildren won't have the same opportunities to make memories like my kids, me, my parents, and grandparents did. So many deer stories, fish tales, and hiking stories at the Rebel Camp all long gone now, feels like the end of an era (built in the mid 1970s), but I'm forever grateful for having grown up in that culture. Respect for nature and self-reliance.

I've been on the Fender road/trail and have shown my daughters the old fender. What a sad story of how times have changed. Such big woods that hardly get used by the public anymore. I started hunting in the UP when I was 16yrs old, moved to the UP when I was 21, made a family at 30 and I'll be 50 in a few days and wouldn't trade the experience for anything. WHITE WEASEL CAMP

It's interesting how Pesonen has turned into Besonen over the years.🙂

Cool

Absolutely devastating. Great production here, thanks for telling these stories.

this is. heard to watch i just got word that I have to move my motorhome that my dad left me when he past and I don't now if I can find a place to move it to. I guess thay can make more money with me being gone . I hope these people come out on top and god bless them all

Don't give up your traditions, even if it means packing in wall tents and wood stoves. We do it every year, its a lot of work but the memories are my most fondest.

Brings back so many memories,back when it was a cherished experience,heritage,not got the trophy deer,killed the most birds,it was the camraderie, sad to see it go, glad i got too see it firsthand

That guy with the Forest Service, he could care less. Probably never hunted or fished in his life.

The forest service could have worked out a better solution, but they didnt want to. They are cling off access here in Colorado too.

This is part of A G E N D A 2 0 3 0 people everywhere need to come together and say NO. The Corp. of the US wants to control 30% of the land by 2030 We the People will have no access to it.

The government tends to think that the only good forrest is one that has to stand as a museum piece. 99.9% of that land will never be walked on, fished or camped on. Their idea is to not walk on Lands because you might damage the ferns. Stay on trails only. Color inside the lines folks. Ah freedom. The flagship museum piece of democracy.

Awesome wievs

Awesome flick! Well done. Thanks for telling their stories. What a crime, that the Forestry Service felt there was no way to continue. I wonder how they sleep at night...

Could I buy a tart cutter from your husband please? Thank you so much.

Thank you!!

Where could I get the tart form you used for the prune tarts?

Another reason why Michigan Sucks...........

Screwing up nature with your improved trails

Most of these people who make these rules have never been there, and most likely never will.

Awesome job love it

What they did to you folks is criminal, much like the BWCA in Minnesota.

grew up in iron county now live in Hancock you guys did an awesome job showcasing what hunting camps mean to some of us yoopers!

Was really fascinated with this story when it was brought about. Has there been any updates or it is what it is , all camps are now gone ? life goes on ?

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This breaks my heart,, so much laughter, memories and stories that those walls held, crying shame alot of that will be lost to time 🥺

This is my favorite! But I can’t get a hold of raw milk.

Also; the forest service NEVER HAS MINDED TIMBER SALES…..CLEAR CUTTING THAT LEAVES AN UGLY SCAR FOR 30-40 YEARS!!!!

The granolas are ALWAYS looking to seize power and authoritarian control…..lately it’s campfires. Funny that almost NO WILDFIRES are ever started by responsible woodsmen! Doesn’t matter to them, even knowing that in the last few years major fires were started my GRANOLA LEFTISTS………ON PURPOSE!!!!!

Beautiful documentary. Thanks for sharing.

This breaks my heart. We have a lease on property that my dad and uncles started hunting on and set up a camp to squirrel hunt for the first time in 1953. We were able to lease the land starting in 2001. We can’t build any structures so we set up a tent camp for squirrel camp and deer camp. This year will be our 22nd deer camp. I hold my breath every year waiting to get the renewal letter.

Government will screw up anything .

Great job, Kristin. This was a good piece to watch. My dad and some cousins were in this same boat with a camp on the middle branch.

Great videos. I remember watching these guys play. Great times for sure. Where is Whitey now-a-days, anyway?

This video deserves millions of views. Growing up in Maryland we have a massive hunting heritage but no camps or cabins due to the big releastate prices. It makes me yearn for places like this to have a camp to go to year round and work and enjoy with friends and family instead of the local Wawa or highs in the morning