Photo By Scott Sturkol | A new comfort station is shown April 19, 2023, at Pine View Campground at Fort McCoy,...... read more read more
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In 2022, Fort McCoy’s Pine View Campground saw work being completed on a new comfort station take place on a part of the campground that had never had a station before.
The 1,500-square-foot facility brings with it men’s and women’s restrooms and showers areas as well as a fish cleaning station, said Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works (DPW) General Engineer Gareth Ferguson. The contractor for the project is MDM Construction, which is headquartered in Rockford, Ill. The contract amount to build the station was $475,736.
In mid-April, Ferguson said the station is nearly complete and about ready to be turned over to the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
The Pine View Campground station is currently having some punch list items finished before final turnover sometime this spring,” Ferguson said. “We are also awaiting installation of a fish cleaning station being relocated from elsewhere on the campground but that will not affect the main use of the facility.”
Alex Karis with the Fort McCoy DFMWR said he’s looking forward to the new place being turned over and ready, possibly in May, for campground guests.
“The new station will make that side of the lake more attractive to guests and more efficient for everyone,” Karis said. “It’s a nice facility, and we definitely look forward to having it available there.”
Once the fish cleaning station is in place, it will also be in a good place being near Suukjak Sep Lake, Karis said.
Every spring, too, the lake is stocked with hundreds of rainbow trout, and it has a natural population of other species of fish to include bluegill and bass. Fort McCoy fishing rules also apply for Suukjak Sep Lake and all permits and licenses are required. Refer to the Fort McCoy iSportsman website, https://ftmccoy.isportsman.net, for more information.
Overall, the campground is part of the Pine View Recreation Area, which is managed by Fort McCoy DFMWR, and it includes acres of publicly accessible land with hiking trails, Whitetail Ridge Ski Area, and the Sportsman’s Range. Pine View Recreation Area offers year-round activities to include camping, hiking, fishing, and more.
The campground reservation office is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To reserve a site or a cabin, call 608-388-3517. For additional information, such as rates and fees, go to https://mccoy.armymwr.com/programs/pine-view-campground.
Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”
Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base.
| Date Taken: | 04.20.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 04.21.2023 00:46 |
| Story ID: | 443050 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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