After two weekends of circling that huge piece of property thats all fenced in with signs and gates. I FINALLY found a way to get in where i found maybe 1 or 2 sets of sled tracks that went in. First off.....i did some research online and maybe i'm wrong but i found that its a tree farm or somethin and has nothing to do with cattle or graising cattle. When i did find how to get in i was very curious whats back there but questioned about even going in there, so i didnt even bother to go in. Can anyone tell me WHAT the heck is back there anyway ??? if it is a tree farm......why the hell does there need to be a massive fence around the whole thing ?? doesnt no trespassing signs work ?? Just wondering if anyone knows any more info about this land.
thanks
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Everyone knows that that ranch is a front for a secret underground installation of the HAARP(Hi Frequency Active Auroral Research Project) system. You can read about it here:
HAARP System
It's what the government uses to control the weather. The control installation for this facility is located east of Vanderbilt off of Sturgeon Valley Road in the "hunting camp" that is surrounded by the tall fences with the green tarps stretched across them(west edge of the Pigeon River Forest).
I wouldn't go in there. If the thing starts up, there could be a burst of microwave energy shot into the air that's strong enough to fry you and your sled. I have my jacket, bibs, helmet, boots, gloves, engine compartment, and seat lined with aluminum foil so that I'm not affected.
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Buckford
HAARP System
It's what the government uses to control the weather. The control installation for this facility is located east of Vanderbilt off of Sturgeon Valley Road in the "hunting camp" that is surrounded by the tall fences with the green tarps stretched across them(west edge of the Pigeon River Forest).
I wouldn't go in there. If the thing starts up, there could be a burst of microwave energy shot into the air that's strong enough to fry you and your sled. I have my jacket, bibs, helmet, boots, gloves, engine compartment, and seat lined with aluminum foil so that I'm not affected.
<---Me mixing up my magic Kool-AidBuckford
Wow, thats nuts. I read on i think the michigan DNR website that it was a tree farm or something. They had like the history of the property and all this other stuff. Which makes sense cause where i found to get in i saw a ton of trees that where marked with paint looking like it was a tree farm. I have a hard time believing its this radio-active frequency stuff....but who knows..haha
First off, thank you for not going in. Regardless of what is in there, it is private land and not for your use. You made the right decision and for that I say thank you. Trespassing is one quick way to give all of us a bad name in a hurry.
As for what is in there, I don't know. If it is a tree farm though they likely fence it to keep nosey sledders, hunters ATV'ers etc from going in and running over the small tree's. You ask why just putting up no tresspassing signs wouldn't be sufficient, but you also say that you saw tracks going on even though it was fenced. If people are willing to sneak through/around the fence than they probably wouldn't bat an eye at going past a few signs.
As for what is in there, I don't know. If it is a tree farm though they likely fence it to keep nosey sledders, hunters ATV'ers etc from going in and running over the small tree's. You ask why just putting up no tresspassing signs wouldn't be sufficient, but you also say that you saw tracks going on even though it was fenced. If people are willing to sneak through/around the fence than they probably wouldn't bat an eye at going past a few signs.
It's CAPLE RANCH, not cattle ranch!
CAPLE RANCH, LLC, A TREE FARM SUCCESS
by Lynn Stephens, Registered Forester East Jordan, MI
A buff colored business card had been wedged under the wiper blade on the windshield of the Jeep so I slid off the driver's seat and out of the truck to retrieve the message. The back side carried a simple request, "I need to talk with you, please give me a call". The flip side of the card indicated the request was made by Charles Caple, owner of Northland Ranch located in Hayes Township of Otsego County about 8 miles west of Gaylord. Working as a consulting forester in Otsego, Antrim and Charleviox counties my truck is often parked outside small convenience stores and the vinyl signs stuck to the rear windows proudly proclaim the name of the consulting business with the bullet lines FOREST MANAGEMENT- TIMBER MARKETING - WILDLIFE PLANS listed under the title Registered Forester. It is not uncommon for someone to be waiting by the truck to ask, "What does a consulting forester do?" Having worked the northern Lower Peninsula as an industrial procurement forester for 25 years I knew Northland Ranch was one of the largest family owned contiguous parcel of land in the state. Back in the late 80's and 90's I remembered driving the three mile stretch of Old Alba Road, flanked by second growth maple, as an east-west sand trail short cut to County Road 42. The timber seemed short and of low quality but the mere fact of driving on the same property for nearly ten minutes impressed me very much. Signs along the trail warned of free grazing cattle in between a network of three strand wire fences enclosing hundreds of acres of grass meadows.
The first guided visit on the ranch with Chuck Caple during the summer of 1997 was most interesting. A lengthy network of two tracks wound in and around six sections of meadows and woodland stacked along the Otsego/Antrim county line in Hayes Township. Northland Ranch is 3700 acres in an area that was once part of the northern edge of the David Ward timber holdings of 1880-1900. While the first field inspection was intended to perform a windshield cruise of the Ranch assets it also provided an opportunity for Chuck Caple and I to exchange ideas in dialog of landowner objectives, forest management theory, wildlife habitat goals and a lot about our personal philosophy of life and living. During that two hour visit we discovered that we were both committed believers of the Christian Faith and proper stewardship of natural resources carried special influence in our role as land owner and land manager. It became quite obvious that this landowner was interested and motivated to establish a forest plan for the Ranch. His initiative had resulted in contracting with a couple wood chipping programs in 1994-96 but a serious bout with cancer had interrupted that progress and the effort to sustain or expand the forestry objectives did not prove to be reasonable while receiving medical treatment so the decision was made to "find a forester". Nine years later, the challenge of managing over 2400 acres of woodland on Northland Ranch has produced a true Tree Farm success story.
The first major harvest plan under the new management program was scheduled in October of 1997 and operated into the winter of 1998. A 210 acre block in section 19 was marked for selection harvest with the management objective to remove low grade stems of hard maple, soft maple, black cherry, iron wood and aspen. The production target was to generate 50 tons of clean wood chips per acre and an additional "unknown" volume of bark to be marketed as biomass fuel. A residual stand of high quality hard and soft maple stems was desired at a stocking level of 60 square feet of pole size in the 5" to 15" inch size group. Systematically, the woodland acreage of the Ranch was treated in 180 to 220 acre units over the next 7 years until the last harvest was completed in December of 2005. The forestry plan had involved three different major wood using markets for chips, saw bolts and bark. Five different wood producing companies were contracted depending on market availability and specific harvesting capability which resulted in nearly 100,000 green tons of chips and bark being marketed as the long term objectives of the plan has been addressed. Along the way, the grazing of livestock on the Ranch was stopped in the year 2000 and by 2002 membership in the Michigan Tree Farm Program had encouraged the establishment of a tree/shrub planting program to reforest selected meadows which complimented the natural regeneration established in the commercial harvest woodlands. The annual tree and wildlife planting program has grown to 50,000 seedlings and is scheduled to continue through 2010. Commencing in 2007 a more detailed inventory will be made of saw log growing stock in the pre-2000 harvest units and projections for the next five year plan will include the marketing of grade saw timber over 300 to 500 acre units as the exceptional quality stocking of hard maple on Northland Ranch grows toward market maturity. Selection harvest of high grade northern hardwood is the long term goal of the forest plan with three to five year entry intervals anticipated by the year 2020. Northland Ranch continues to be a family owned enterprise and was recently recorded as Caple Ranch. LLC. In addition to the aggressive forest management program developed by the Caple family, an integrated plan of oil and gas development and hunting lease agreements are part of the Ranch business plan. Northland Ranch was nominated for the Outstanding Tree Farmer of 2006 and was subsequently awarded the northern Lower Peninsula Regional Tree Farmer for 2006. Congratulations to Charles and Jane Caple and their family for their outstanding example of forest and land stewardship.
CAPLE RANCH, LLC, A TREE FARM SUCCESS
by Lynn Stephens, Registered Forester East Jordan, MI
A buff colored business card had been wedged under the wiper blade on the windshield of the Jeep so I slid off the driver's seat and out of the truck to retrieve the message. The back side carried a simple request, "I need to talk with you, please give me a call". The flip side of the card indicated the request was made by Charles Caple, owner of Northland Ranch located in Hayes Township of Otsego County about 8 miles west of Gaylord. Working as a consulting forester in Otsego, Antrim and Charleviox counties my truck is often parked outside small convenience stores and the vinyl signs stuck to the rear windows proudly proclaim the name of the consulting business with the bullet lines FOREST MANAGEMENT- TIMBER MARKETING - WILDLIFE PLANS listed under the title Registered Forester. It is not uncommon for someone to be waiting by the truck to ask, "What does a consulting forester do?" Having worked the northern Lower Peninsula as an industrial procurement forester for 25 years I knew Northland Ranch was one of the largest family owned contiguous parcel of land in the state. Back in the late 80's and 90's I remembered driving the three mile stretch of Old Alba Road, flanked by second growth maple, as an east-west sand trail short cut to County Road 42. The timber seemed short and of low quality but the mere fact of driving on the same property for nearly ten minutes impressed me very much. Signs along the trail warned of free grazing cattle in between a network of three strand wire fences enclosing hundreds of acres of grass meadows.
The first guided visit on the ranch with Chuck Caple during the summer of 1997 was most interesting. A lengthy network of two tracks wound in and around six sections of meadows and woodland stacked along the Otsego/Antrim county line in Hayes Township. Northland Ranch is 3700 acres in an area that was once part of the northern edge of the David Ward timber holdings of 1880-1900. While the first field inspection was intended to perform a windshield cruise of the Ranch assets it also provided an opportunity for Chuck Caple and I to exchange ideas in dialog of landowner objectives, forest management theory, wildlife habitat goals and a lot about our personal philosophy of life and living. During that two hour visit we discovered that we were both committed believers of the Christian Faith and proper stewardship of natural resources carried special influence in our role as land owner and land manager. It became quite obvious that this landowner was interested and motivated to establish a forest plan for the Ranch. His initiative had resulted in contracting with a couple wood chipping programs in 1994-96 but a serious bout with cancer had interrupted that progress and the effort to sustain or expand the forestry objectives did not prove to be reasonable while receiving medical treatment so the decision was made to "find a forester". Nine years later, the challenge of managing over 2400 acres of woodland on Northland Ranch has produced a true Tree Farm success story.
The first major harvest plan under the new management program was scheduled in October of 1997 and operated into the winter of 1998. A 210 acre block in section 19 was marked for selection harvest with the management objective to remove low grade stems of hard maple, soft maple, black cherry, iron wood and aspen. The production target was to generate 50 tons of clean wood chips per acre and an additional "unknown" volume of bark to be marketed as biomass fuel. A residual stand of high quality hard and soft maple stems was desired at a stocking level of 60 square feet of pole size in the 5" to 15" inch size group. Systematically, the woodland acreage of the Ranch was treated in 180 to 220 acre units over the next 7 years until the last harvest was completed in December of 2005. The forestry plan had involved three different major wood using markets for chips, saw bolts and bark. Five different wood producing companies were contracted depending on market availability and specific harvesting capability which resulted in nearly 100,000 green tons of chips and bark being marketed as the long term objectives of the plan has been addressed. Along the way, the grazing of livestock on the Ranch was stopped in the year 2000 and by 2002 membership in the Michigan Tree Farm Program had encouraged the establishment of a tree/shrub planting program to reforest selected meadows which complimented the natural regeneration established in the commercial harvest woodlands. The annual tree and wildlife planting program has grown to 50,000 seedlings and is scheduled to continue through 2010. Commencing in 2007 a more detailed inventory will be made of saw log growing stock in the pre-2000 harvest units and projections for the next five year plan will include the marketing of grade saw timber over 300 to 500 acre units as the exceptional quality stocking of hard maple on Northland Ranch grows toward market maturity. Selection harvest of high grade northern hardwood is the long term goal of the forest plan with three to five year entry intervals anticipated by the year 2020. Northland Ranch continues to be a family owned enterprise and was recently recorded as Caple Ranch. LLC. In addition to the aggressive forest management program developed by the Caple family, an integrated plan of oil and gas development and hunting lease agreements are part of the Ranch business plan. Northland Ranch was nominated for the Outstanding Tree Farmer of 2006 and was subsequently awarded the northern Lower Peninsula Regional Tree Farmer for 2006. Congratulations to Charles and Jane Caple and their family for their outstanding example of forest and land stewardship.
Big Paul....thats the exact info that i came across when searching this ranch. CAPLE is the correct name but all of the signs say NORTHLAND CATTLE RANCH. Even though what was said earlier in the post about HARRP or whatever sounds legit. This tree farm deal leads me to believe that thats what it is in there not this high tech shit. Here are what the sings look at at a couple different spots where the border is...... LOOK AT ALL THAT FRESH UNTOUCHED VIRGIN POWDER IN THAT LAST PIC....AHHHHHHH 
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I think they're keeping the aliens from Roswell in there......
QUOTE(Cfour @ Mar 5 2007, 09:43 PM) 
I think they're keeping the aliens from Roswell in there......
c-four: We could ramp that fence..........
Just kidding. I don't like trespassers either!:russian_roulette:
QUOTE(Upfront @ Mar 5 2007, 10:00 PM)
c-four: We could ramp that fence..........
Just kidding. I don't like trespassers either!:russian_roulette:
Just kidding. I don't like trespassers either!:russian_roulette:
We could ramp that fence in a heartbeat......
ahhhh that smooth, deep powder baby......
QUOTE(wizzard717 @ Mar 5 2007, 05:28 PM)
Even though what was said earlier in the post about HARRP or whatever sounds legit.
Can't you smell bullshit when you step in it???
QUOTE(snowtime @ Mar 5 2007, 10:08 PM)
Can't you smell bullshit when you step in it???
Of course i can, all i'm saying is that all that harp stuff could be true or whatever. But i really doubt they have all that bullshit burried underground in there. But then again, who knows. Maybe they have cattle in there in the summer or somethin. It definetly lookes like a tree farm or some form of it from what i have gathered. Tons and tons of hardwoods back in there all planted in somewhat of rows.
Hey...C Four, Theres miles and miles of fresh powder in there to be ridden, they got stuff back in there that looks like the terrain Slednecks ride in there videos. I can sell you the directions to get in there
....haha....make me an offer 
QUOTE(wizzard717 @ Mar 5 2007, 10:36 PM)
Of course i can, all i'm saying is that all that harp stuff could be true or whatever. But i really doubt they have all that bullshit burried underground in there. But then again, who knows. Maybe they have cattle in there in the summer or somethin. It definetly lookes like a tree farm or some form of it from what i have gathered. Tons and tons of hardwoods back in there all planted in somewhat of rows.
Hey...C Four, Theres miles and miles of fresh powder in there to be ridden, they got stuff back in there that looks like the terrain Slednecks ride in there videos. I can sell you the directions to get in there ....haha....make me an offer
Hey...C Four, Theres miles and miles of fresh powder in there to be ridden, they got stuff back in there that looks like the terrain Slednecks ride in there videos. I can sell you the directions to get in there
....haha....make me an offer nah, I already pay enough to ride as it is.......
Besides, I know secret places that you would pay an arm/leg to know where they are too!
But I'll never tell.......
hahaha...we'll have to trade notes sometime
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