Let's not forget the Smithwick camera

Packing a 70# ruck is bad enough, ugh.

Park disruptions will impact lots of people, however as long as the boat drops is at the dock, it's highly unlikely it will bother us. I already own an ursack and it wouldn't bother me to drop the $$$ on one on short notice if I didn't. That however isn't the reality for a high percentage of folks ...

Yes but No. That's a miserable excuse because this started WELL before the new administration. NPS should have been in front of this the beginning of last season in May when the problem was identified.

New food storage rules should have been ironed out and published before last seasons close ...

Yes but No. That's a miserable excuse because this started WELL before the new administration. NPS should have been in front of this the beginning of last season in May when the problem was identified.

New food storage rules should have been ironed out and published before last seasons close ...

Phenomenal job on the parks part here, we're down to 34 days until the park opens & they still don't have an "official policy" announced?

I get there's gov red tape, boards to meet, etc... but at the end of the day excuses are just that & it's clear they dropped the ball on this a couple times to ...

I think if it's in an ursack that you properly tied shut you can just secure it to a tree at eye level and call it a day. While they likely won't approve now the policy that should have been in place for decades; hanging 10' off the ground would have done fine for wolves.

It's crazy it took this ...

Nice catch

I'm thinking dock height is the issue and potentially without the ranger or the barge they won't have the ability to get them off the dock without the crane. In this scenario they can at least pick them off the high dock and over to Rock Harbor where they can be individually loaded on to boats (even ...

Midwest Ed wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 1:43 pm They are moving pallets that have been sitting there since last October.

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Possibly some pallets of appropriate food storage bins that came in from NPS stock?

here they are in the middle of a pick

I just saw that same pic of the helicopter sideways, amazing grab

Interesting! I wonder if they are moving some basic supplies over to Rock Harbor to get the first few LEO/Rangers going? Maybe DOGE has sent a force forward to protect our northern border from incursion from all the migrant boats that cross lake superior this time of year? <grin>

The flights the ...

While looking over the radar history in the area this came up, looks like Winter Study flights when you go through the aircraft flight history