Cultural Resources Mgmnt Plan meetings

[johnhens]

The NPS is hosting meetings to review the Proposed CRMP for IR. For those that cannot make the meetings, you may voice your comments via e-mail to the NPS.
Documents and meetings schedule below.


http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cf ... ntID=55915

[johnhens]

Just announced: In conjunction with the upcoming Isle Royale NP Cultural Resource Management Plan meetings, the NPS will have informational meetings about wolf management from 3-5 pm on the same dates in the same cities: Houghton (12th) and Chelsea (14th) in MI, and St. Paul (19th) and Duluth (20th) in MN. The cultural resources meetings are 6-8 pm.

The public meeting schedule is as follows:

Public Meeting 1: Houghton, Michigan
Date: November 12, 2013
Location: Franklin Square Inn, 820 Shelden Avenue
Time: 3-5pm (Presentation at 3:30 followed by open house)

Public Meeting 2: Chelsea, Michigan
Date: November 14, 2013
Location: Chelsea Depot, 125 Jackson Street
Time: 3-5pm (Presentation at 3:30 followed by open house)

Public Meeting 3: St. Paul, Minnesota
Date: November 19, 2013
Location: TBA.
Time: 3-5pm (Presentation at 3:30 followed by open house)

Public Meeting 4: Duluth, Minnesota
Date: November 20, 2013
Location: Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory, 6201 Congdon Boulevard
Time: 3-5pm (Presentation at 3:30 followed by open house)

Questions on the meetings can be directed to:
Paul Brown: Chief of Natural Resources
Isle Royale National Park
800 East Lakeshore Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1895
906.487.7154
paul_brown@nps.gov

[fonixmunkee]

Thanks for posting this, John. I'll be attending the one in Duluth.

[johnhens]

I am going to the meeting in Chelsea.

[Tightlines01]

Please let us know how they go. I won't be able to make it to any of them.

[k2one]

Hey John, I am going to try to make the Chelsea meeting also. I may also go early for the Wolf management session.

[johnhens]

Mike,
I will be there early for the wolf presentation, see you there!!

[IncaRoads]

I'm hoping to make it to the meetings in St. Paul.

Mark

[johnhens]

Article about the meeting in Houghton last night.
http://www.mininggazette.com/page/conte ... l?nav=5006

[IncaRoads]

Updated information for the St. Paul meeting:
Public Meeting 3: St. Paul, Minnesota
Date: November 19, 2013
Location: 111 Kellogg Blvd., East, 2nd Floor conference room
Time: 3-5pm (Presentation at 3:30 followed by open house)

[johnhens]

Last day to summit comments on CRMP December 4, 2013

[johnhens]

Please let us know how they go. I won't be able to make it to any of them.

I attended the meeting in Chelsea, MI. There was one member from the Forum that I knew of, k2one, also there.
The presentation by Paul Brown, The Chief Ranger for Natural Resources was very informative. He gave a history of the project from the begining to today.
He mentioned the "reappearance" of marten. I was not aware that it had been some 70 years since they had been seen on IR. I asked, given the presence of researchers on IR in winter, when tracks would be easily seen, why they were not seen. He said that marten would be a prey of wolves and avoided areas wolves frequented, the trails of IR which they use to move around the park. Amazing that they have been there and not seen!

What I learned about the wolves:
Mainland wolves carry the same trait (extra vertebrae) as the IR wolves.
There are 2 types of wolves in MI, The Eastern Wolf (which the IR wolves are) and the Grey Wolf.
The male that came over in '96 brought with it 2 viruses (I believe) that are in the wolves.
It is thought that part of the reason wolves came to IR was the heavy timbering going on in CN and MN.

I asked whether caribou would survive on IR (sufficient browse) lichens, ect. I have been to the Slate Islands in Canada where they live (near Terrace Bay, ON). I was told if there weren't moose, that caribou would do fine. I also asked about the presence of wolverine on IR, no known occurrences.

I asked further about the theory that moose were brought to the Island. Apparently there was one person who remembers hearing his dad tell of bringing moose to IR.
Whitetail were there, once, as a result of hunters bringing them there. As there is no one else to substantiate this theory, the NPS states moose swam across.

The CRMP presentation was done by Chief of Interpretation Liz Valencia and Cultural Resources Ranger Seth Depasquale. The biggest issue seems to be the structures on IR summer homes, fisheries buildings and the homes the fisherman lived in and whether they should be preserved. There are 4 options for the CRMP. I asked if we could combine alternatives, which we can (ie points from 2 different alternatives can be combined).

Comments for the CRMP must be submitted by December 4th, 2013 .

[Tightlines01]

Thanks for the recap and taking the time to attend and be an active participant. I wish I was able to attend, I don't know that I'm as educated about the issues as much as I could be. The articles you've been linking are nice to read also.

Thanks for your efforts
Andy

[IncaRoads]

From the NPS website, the St. Paul meetings today are in two different locations:

Wolf Management Meeting is 3-5pm at 111 Kellogg Blvd. E., 2nd floor conference room.
Cultural Resorce Management Plan is 6-8pm at the Minnesota History Center.

[Tom]

Unfortunately, my schedule prevented me from attending last night's meetings (Perhaps IncaRoads made it!) but here is a recap from the wolf meeting in Saint Paul: http://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2 ... ed-urgency