DAMAGE FROM A storm that hit Menominee County has forced the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to temporarily close a boating access site along the Menominee River near Faithorn. Crews plan to have the site reopened late next week. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources)

A Michigan Department of Natural Resources boating access site along the Menominee River at Faithorn will remain closed for several days for storm cleanup after numerous trees were felled during the severe storms Wednesday evening.

“Dozens of trees will need to be removed from the road and parking lot to reopen the site,” said Joe Frieberg, unit supervisor at the Menominee River Recreation Area. “I believe it will take our construction crew two to three days to accomplish that.”

Heavy equipment is needed to complete the cleanup. Those crews are not expected to begin their work until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Crews hope to reopen the boating access site by Friday.

A vault toilet building destroyed during the storm will eventually be replaced but no time frame is currently available for that project.

For more information on DNR facility closures, go to Michigan.gov/DNRClosures.