Saturday evening, 18 campers stayed to enjoy the Island. Everyone showed great interest as volunteer Jerry Ness shared stories and photos from the early days of the island, including photos of the first landing on the airfield, and details of previous ownership.
NORTH FOX ISLAND DRAWS VISITORS
Michigan’s North Fox Island, 6Y3 is seeing a healthy increase in use, in great part because of the improvements and maintenance RAF volunteers and new friends continue to take on.
RAF Michigan Liaison General Grant reports that volunteers began landing Friday, July 7 to continue the work. By Saturday, 14 planes had brought more than 20 volunteers who cleaned and mowed trails, trimmed and mowed the airfield, ground down two stumps near the runway, and some hauled, split and stacked two face cords of firewood. “Overall we had a great turnout of volunteers. We had a lot of first-time visitors to the island, including a group of six from Brighton and Ann Arbor that flew in and prepared lamb kabobs for the whole crew, a really nice treat and an amazing gesture of friendship,” Grant said.
Grant notes that the log documented six pages of visitors to the island since the season opened in May – roughly 60 logged flights, and over 100 visitors. “Additionally, there has been a lot of mentions and discussion on social media,” he added.
For more on North Fox Island, see the Airfield Guide.
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Oregon RAF Liaison Bill Ables has been awarded a $5,000 RAF grant to retain RAF membership in and support the Hells Canyon Recreation Collaborative (HCRC) for the next five years. The HCRC was organized in 2016 at the request of Idaho’s Congressional Delegation as a framework for the various recreational user groups to collaborate with the US Forest Service within the 652,488-acre Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. Ables, a past Director and current member of the group, explained that HCRC membership is a cross-section of user groups from both the private and commercial sectors, including river rafters and jet boaters, backpackers, horse packers, aviators, and governmental management agencies. Providing ongoing support ensures continued aviation representation. The rugged Snake River canyon region hugs the borders of northeastern Oregon and western Idaho, and includes nine backcountry airstrips within the Recreational Area. All are maintained by volunteer aviation groups in collaboration with the USFS: Cache Creek, Salmon Bar, Dug Bar, Temperance Creek, Pittsburg Landing, Sluice Creek, Lord Flat, Memaloose, and Big Bar. “Our support of HCRC, combined with the other involved aviation groups, ensures ongoing maintenance and improvements at each of these nine airstrips. It benefits general aviation by preserving access to enjoy the beauty of the Hells Canyon area, which directly speaks to the Mission of the RAF,” Ables said. For more information on Dug Bar, Cache Creek, Big Bar, and Memaloose, see the Airfield Guide . Pittsburg Landing, Sluice Creek, Temperance Creek, and Salmon Bar are not listed in the Airfield Guide at this time. Submitted February 24, 2026
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