Wisconsin’s ! 2017 2018 Calendar Department of Natural Resources Office of GREAT WATERS Wisconsin’s GREAT LAKES!

People across Wisconsin Stewards from throughout are working to take care our Great Lakes basin Be a Great Lakes Steward of our Great Lakes — Lake submitted photos and Around Home: When Travelling: and Lake Superior. descriptions of important • Choose less harmful • Reuse hotel towels and There are many ways people protection and restoration household and yard sheets to conserve water. are pitching in. Doers are projects on Lake Michigan products and use them • Stay on marked trails when the boots-on-the-ground and Lake Superior. Their carefully. hiking or biking. folks involved in cleaning up stories — and other Great • Fix leaking toilets, sinks • Use refillable water bottles beaches, removing invasive Lakes writings — are or outdoor spigots. when possible. plants, monitoring water featured in this year’s dnr.wi.gov quality and other activities. calendar. We hope that (Search: Fix a Leak) By the Water: Donors financially support this calendar will remind • Safely dispose of • Check the beach projects by providing money us that we can all be pharmaceuticals and conditions website for or organizing fundraisers. good stewards of Lake personal care products. current water quality Individuals, organizations Michigan, Lake Superior dnr.wi.gov information before going and government agencies and their tributaries, (Search: Pharmaceuticals) to the beach. can serve as donors. Finally, wetlands, beaches and rocky www.wibeaches.us When Boating: • Clean up after your dog. practitioners work on a shorelines, and the plants • Use absorbent pads to catch • Use swim diapers for day-to-day basis steering and animals oil and gas drips. children who are not yet government agencies, they support. • Scrub decks with water and toilet trained. research institutions and a brush and avoid heavy stakeholder groups involved cleaners. Volunteer for a Great Lakes in stewardship activities. • Remove aquatic plants, or other environmental Together, these three groups animals and mud from your stewardship project. COVER PHOTO: “Lovin the Door” of stewards work to protect By JOHN CARDAMONE boat and dispose of leftover dnr.wi.gov and restore our natural Ellison Bay, WI bait in the trash. (Search: Volunteer) world.

Photo by KELLY JOHNSON WISCONSIN’S GREAT LAKES! Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Office of Great Waters This calendar showcases images from our 2017 photo contest, descriptions of protection and restoration projects Lake Michigan and Lake Superior have so much to offer. And in order to submitted by Great Lakes stewards statewide, and writings reap their economic, recreational, and environmental benefits, we have to make protecting and restoring them a top priority. The sidebars of submitted by Wisconsin authors. As these photos and writings the 2017 calendar highlight just a few of the many ways people across clearly show, the Great Lakes are among Wisconsin’s most Wisconsin are involved in the effort to care for our Great Lakes. I applaud our Great Lakes advocates for their important work and look forward to scenic and beloved natural resources. our continued partnership to protect our valuable natural resources. - Governor Scott Walker Thank you to all 2017 photographers and authors for sharing your talent with us! Thanks to everyone who submitted Stewardship photos and writings! We work hand-in-hand with many partners to protect and restore Lake Visit the Office of the Great Lakes website to see more photos Michigan and Lake Superior and the many species that depend on them. These great resources contribute much to our quality of life. I am and writing submissions dnr.wi.gov (Search: Photo and proud of all of the good stewards who work hard to take care of our Writing Submissions). Great Lakes. - Cathy Stepp, DNR Secretary MATTHEW M I TSCHKE Photo by MATTHEW

“Wisconsin’s Great Waters – Great Lakes and Mississippi River” 2018 Photo Contest The DNR’s Office of Great Lakes has become the Office of Great Waters and now includes the Mississippi 3. Photos must be high resolution (maximum file size 11MB), horizontal in orientation, and taken in Wisconsin, River! With that change, we invite you to submit photos of (and writings about) the mighty Missisippi as well with some exceptions for the Duluth/Superior harbor and Menominee River area. Photo editing is OK! as Lake Michigan and Lake Superior for the 2018 photo contest. We’re looking for beautiful shorelines and 4. The Wisconsin DNR reserves the right to use an electronic or print copy of any image entered in the contest river fronts, people enjoying the lakes and river, cultural and historical aspects of these waters, and people for non-commercial educational or promotional use with credit to the photographer. For example, photos involved in stewardship activities. Winning photos will be used in the 2018-2019 Wisconsin’s Great Waters may be used for DNR displays, slide shows, videos, publications and website. calendar and in other DNR publications, presentations, websites and displays. Photo submission deadline is February 1, 2018. Photos of all seasons are needed! Judging: Photos will be judged by a panel of Wisconsin DNR staff. Criteria for judging will include creativity, visual and Entry Categories (limit three photo entries per individual): technical merit, and composition. 1. People enjoying Wisconsin’s Great Waters. Great Lakes and Mississippi River. Images of people fishing, canoeing, house boating, sailing, playing on the beach, etc. Awards and Prizes: Winning photographs will be included in the 2018-2019 Wisconsin’s Great Waters calendar and featured 2. Natural features and wildlife. Great Lakes and Mississippi River waters and shorelines, fish, birds on the DNR website. Winning photographers will be contacted by mail, phone or email and will receive the and other wildlife. calendar by mail. 3. Historical and cultural features. Lighthouses, harbor towns and river towns, festivals, etc. Email photos and entry information to: 4. Great Waters Stewardship. Show us how you, your agency/organization or a local group is [email protected]. protecting, enhancing or restoring the shore, backwaters, wetlands or beaches of Lake Michigan, Lake Superior or the Mississippi River. Send us a photo of your work and a brief (up to 180 words) description “Wisconsin’s Great Waters – Great Lakes and Mississippi River” of the partners involved, your funding source and what you hope to accomplish. Writing Project Rules and instructions: Is your talent writing? Send us your original Great Waters quote, essay, poem, song or rap. Help get the word 1. The contest is open to everyone. Photos must be submitted electronically. out about how great Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River are. Share your favorite writings 2. Attach each photo (jpeg format) to a separate email. In each email, please include the photo title, where in with us and you may find your words on our website, calendar, publications and displays! (All authors will be Wisconsin the photo was taken, the entry category, your name, email address, mailing address and phone credited.) Deadline February 1, 2018. number. Please note that our email addresses have changed. Email writings to: [email protected]. The Wisconsin DNR Is On

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ABOVE: “Fury” By PAUL SCHULTZ Milwaukee, WI September 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Lake Michigan Stones By Marilyn Zelke-Windau AUGUST 2017 OCTOBER 2017 They are there in abundance — S M T W T F S S M T W T F S the round cornered, the irregular, 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 the stippled, the large, the heavy, 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 u b the thin, the lightweights. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 On the shores of Lake Michigan, 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 rocks are abundant.

Campers come, toss, hurl, Photo by mark stra lose their night dreams before breakfast.

Locals drive the winding park roads, watch for deer in the brush, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 eagles overhead swooping extended talons.

The lake is quiet this morning. Soft, it laps the shoreline. Labor Day Full Moon Like a child, it pulls its blanket up to chin, turns over in a wave of dream, shoulders the weight of wait til morning. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Stones wait as well. They long for the plunge, for the skip, for the fun of flying. Patriot Day Last Quarter Moon 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown Background Photo by KARIE HIAM Photo by Katherine murray New Moon Autumn Begins 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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ABOVE: “Welcome to Cornucopia” By tracy brunner Cornucopia, WI October 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Pike River Restoration By Tony Beyer Village of Mount Pleasant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Mount Pleasant Storm Water Drainage Utility District is continuing its multi-year, multi-phase project to restore the riverine environment along the Pike River within the Village limits. The project is divided into 9 phases and includes Full Moon roughly 5.2 miles of the Pike River within a 17 square mile drainage basin. To date, roughly 450 acres of land have been 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 purchased by and donated to the District within the river corridor.

In addition to controlling flooding, the project will restore natural stream features, enhance aquatic habitat, Last Quarter Moon improve water quality, and reverse the progressive deterioration of this urbanizing stream. Native prairie vegetation has been planted and has 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 begun to thrive throughout the project area, providing a natural corridor along the river.

The District has received over $8 million Clean Water Act in local, state, and federal grants/funding Signed in 1972 New Moon to date for land acquisition, corridor development and stream restoration. Partners include the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Coastal Management Program, the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Fund for Lake Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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ABOVE: “The Stewart J. Cort” By scott pearson 2nd Place – Cultural & Historical Features Superior, WI December 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Sheboygan’s Winter Ducks By Marilyn Zelke-Windau NOVEMBER 2017 JANUARY 2018 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 Mallards and their feather-brown mates 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 waddle 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 over parking lot gravel, over beach stone 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 to the rim of the shore. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 We in our cars watch them watch us, 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 turn from us, look back, hopeful for bread bits, cracker crumbs, s u chock i Photo by chr i stopher popcorn. It’s winter at the Sheboygan shore road 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 turnout. We, the noontime meditators, park there at lunchtime, at break time. We gaze at the steam, the grey waters, the fuzzied horizon out far. Great Lakes Compact Full Moon Pearl Harbor Day Enacted in 2008 A brave few press window buttons down to hear spray explode on rocks, to listen to the ruffled, muffled finality of water waves. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Frost forms calligraphy on sand. The ducks peck and poke the white script, Hanukkah prance and pilfer before plunging in. Begins at Sundown Wisconsin Great Lakes Their breath rises plume cold. Last Quarter Moon Strategy Released in 2005 We breathe in, exhale out auto-warm, colorless air. They extend wings in exultation, twitch tails, submerge for fun. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Photo by MICHAEL HENDERSON New Moon Winter Begins 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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ABOVE: “Crystal Canopy” By MASON MORRIS 1st Place – Natural Features and Wildlife Port , WI January 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Wisconsin’s Inland Seas

By Patricia Williams DECEMBER 2017 Ice cover, born before December, S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 varies year to year. 1 2 Gaunt-faced pines, cloaked in snow, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 fringe the water’s edge – survive time 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 and January-to-February weather. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 New Year’s Day Winter, spent by March, 31 Full Moon makes way for April, a pared down landscape blooms – birds, elegantly feathered, return. May waters begin to warm, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 activate the season.

Powdered clouds ascend in June – a mirrored moon floats at night, visible but untouchable. Skies burst with falling stars, Last Quarter Moon sparklers for July – heat relieved by sailing August waters.

Cruising conditions end in September – 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 red and gold moments prevail, embellish October shores. Anxiety arrives with killing waves and gales of cruel November, ports covered in snow. Soo Locks Closed to Ships Martin Luther King, Jr. Day New Moon Restless energy gives rise to sundry moods and conditions, thunderstorms and high winds any time. Great Lakes weather – 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 always a surprise.

First Quarter Moon Photo by GREG DIETSCHE

FEBRUARY 2018 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Remember to submit your best Great Waters photos and 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 writings! See information on the first pages of this calendar. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 The deadline is February 1, 2018. 25 26 27 28 Full Moon Photo by T I U S SE LHE MER

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ABOVE: “Algoma Lighthouse Moonrise” By JAMES BREY 1st Place – Cultural & Historical Features Algoma, WI February 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY The Lake They Call Michigan By Lynn Polyak JANUARY 2018 The Straits of Mackinac are the mouth S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Of this giant finger pointing south 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Long and narrow, deep cerulean blue 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 It’s a workhorse through and through 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Carrying manufactured goods and grains, 28 29 30 31 Petro-chemicals, and construction cranes. Photo by JOE POLECHECK Groundhog Day Providing water to use and drink, Lake Michigan is a vital link To European commerce and foreign ports 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Transporting cargo of all sorts. Yet commerce isn’t her only boast For recreation, she is also host To those who fish and those who swim Last Quarter Moon To those who boat or dive on a whim. To all people, she is all things Yet to her glacial roots she clings Often freezing over in winter’s cold 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 It’s great for ice fishing, so I’m told But come the warmer weather of spring The bells of ships once again ring. Chinese New Year Valentine’s Day Full Moon Year of the Dog 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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ABOVE: “Houghton Falls State Natural Area” By WALT HUSS April 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Milwaukee Harbor at Rest By Stephen Lars Kalmon Today had been stormy and sailboats, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sails furled, lay aside for the night their graceful destiny. Motor boats, too, lay at anchor. The sailors were home today, waiting for a change in weather.

It’s good weather for fishermen, and they, Easter rods in hands and bait pails swinging, prowl the breakwater to where the big ones lay. Earlier, they had not gone out, the Great Lakes are dangerous. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Yet, overhead, a westerly sun cast a rainbow promise it will deliver tomorrow: A pot of gold on one end, and a sunny day. Motor boats will speed out. Sailboats with unfurled white wings filled Last Quarter Moon to roundness will speed across the water. Salmon, Rainbow and Brown Trout, silver flashes under sleek hulls seemingly designed as were they: speedy and agile 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 on water as they were in it.

On land again, along Milwaukee’s Lincoln Memorial Drive, sailors can find food and camaraderie in the Colectivo Café housed in an old pumping station, New Moon its huge pipes still in place, sailors can contemplate their day on Great Lake Michigan. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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First Quarter Moon Arbor Day Photo by Dan Patrinos

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ABOVE: “Fiesta” By Dan PatrinOs Milwaukee, WI May 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Harbor Light By Stephen Lars Kalmon

In the last light of day mankind’s industry as viewed on Milwaukee’s 1 2 3 4 5 shore of an inland sea, Great Lake

Michigan, like the cosmic scene above U ZLAR I C is too large, too magnificent, to perceive at a glance but requires a comfortable rock to muse and ponder the works Cinco de Mayo before us: Sunset and Industry, neither KA Photo by DALE ever fully at rest. We don’t always see the Lakers and 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Salties that sail these waters and all the industry that makes their sailing possible. Nor do we see the industry, behind these commercial, sport fishing, and pleasure craft. We don’t often see or personally know the human beings Last Quarter Moon who pilot these boats and ships.

Our musing is intensified by a view of on-shore works. As seen here the War 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Memorial Art Museum, business and industrial buildings, and trucks and autos going and coming to join the world community marketplace via this Great Lake. Ramadan Mother’s Day New Moon Begins at Sundown From our rock we ponder the reflected sun-filled scene, and industrious humanity under it: We see the outward signs of mankind’s works and that of 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 the Creator’s power lighting the scene.

First Quarter Moon National Maritime Day Photo by ELIZABETH GRYSKIEWICZ

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ABOVE: “Kites Over Lake Michigan” By PAMELA A. GARZONE Neshotah Beach Two Rivers, WI June 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY I Saw Myself By Karen Gersonde MAY 2018 JULY 2018 I saw myself on the beach of Lake S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 Michigan, 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Maybe I was eight, maybe I was ten. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 I really don’t remember, this is now 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 And that was then. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 I played in the water and skipped Photo by LARA HOGAN some stones, Photo by WEND I H U FFMAN The water was cold; I was with my father, I retained this memory even though I am old. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 We watched the mighty ships maneuver in the harbor… So big and so real. They were very long, very massive, all made of steel. Last Quarter Moon

I remember Jones Island And the smelters and the nets, The smell of fish, the old fishermen, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The campfires…nets filled were a bet.

I saw myself watching The Badger car pulling into dock, People and cars coming and going, The mighty engines kept the New Moon Flag Day water flowing.

Yes I saw myself the other day, On the shores of Lake Michigan, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Maybe I was eight, maybe I was ten, These were great memories from way back when.

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ABOVE: “Explosive Color” By Mark Straub Milwaukee, WI July 2018

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Samuel Myers Park Restoration By Julie Kinzelman Racine Health Department 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Samuel Myers Park lies within the direct drainage area of the Pike River Watershed, in the City of Racine. This site was illustrative of the many challenges faced within the greater Pike River watershed and along the Lake Michigan Independence Day Last Quarter Moon shoreline including: invasive species, erosion, storm water runoff leading to poor water quality, habitat loss and de- graded wetlands. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Since 2013, the City of Racine has been undertaking a large scale restoration effort to improve water quality and create public access with the help of volunteers representing local high schools, churches, New Moon community organizations, Friends of Myers Park, UW-Parkside and the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps. Removing invasive species (e.g., 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Phragmites, purple loosestrife, garlic mustard, narrow leaf cattail) and re-storing native dry/sand prairie, dune and wetland vegetation will provide food and shelter for bird species in this migratory flyway as well as habitat for First Quarter Moon year round “residents” such as Mallard ducks, American toads, mink and muskrat. The photo below shows a cross section of restored dry prairie, dune and coastal 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 wetland habitats. Lake Michigan can be seen in the background.

For more information, contact: [email protected] Full Moon Photo by JULIE KINZELMAN

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ABOVE: “Catching Some Rays” By ReNEE BLAUBACH 2nd Place – Natural Features and Wildlife Sheboygan, WI August 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Kohler-Andrae State Park Rain Garden By Reggie Gauger JULY 2018 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 The beaches and natural dunes areas at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kohler-Andrae State Park are popular 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and re-ceive over 400,000 visitors each 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 year. Bacteria monitoring associated 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 with the Great Lakes Beach Program 29 30 31 Wisconsin State Fair Begins identified microbial contamination and and Runs Through the 12th Last Quarter Moon indicated the beach visitor parking lot as Photo by PH I L P SCHWARZ one potential contributor. The parking lot runoff also undermined the asphalt and created gullies that affected beach access 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and presented a safety concern. There was also a desire to reduce blowing sand from the beach associated with dune erosion and increased staff time for parking lot maintenance. New Moon Plans were developed to address the parking lot erosion issues by capturing stormwater flows and diverting them to a rain garden associated with the parking 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 lot median strip. Additional dune grass was planted to stabilize the sand. Cord walks were planned to provide safe access to the beach with minimal disturbance to the new and existing dunes. First Quarter Moon The project was a collaborative effort between the Kohler-Andrae Friends Group and the Wisconsin DNR with Fund for Lake Michigan grant funds of $110,000 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and In-Kind support of $16,000 coming from 350 hours of volunteer efforts.

For more information, contact [email protected]

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ABOVE:“Waiting for the Storm” By Joe POLECHECK 1st Place – People Enjoying Wisconsin’s Great Lakes October 2018 Duluth/Superior Harbor SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Superior, Indeed By Lynn Polyak

Birthed by glaciers of the distant past 1 2 3 4 5 6 With an area of water exceedingly vast

Superior truly lives up to its name U GER Its size being one of its claims to fame A wild lake of ferocious storms and waves, Pristine beaches and glistening ice caves Last Quarter Moon Photo by REGG I E GA Holding countless shipwrecks in its shadowy deep Its hapless victims forever to keep 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Yet Superior is so much more than this For it has received Mother Nature’s kiss The largest gemstone in a crown of five Its sapphire blue is something alive

That beckons the soul to appreciate New Moon The awesome beauty of its pristine state The rocky shorelines, the gravelly beaches The sand and driftwood of its far-flung 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 reaches And its ridges of ice in wintertime Paint a portrait that is truly sublime All are facets of this treasured water Superior reigns as Mother Nature’s Clean Water Act First Quarter Moon Signed in 1972 daughter. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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WISCONSIN’S GREAT LAKES! Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Office of Great Waters

ABOVE: “Point of Light” By JIM PEACOCK Red Cliff, WI November 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Breaking the Lake Superior Trail By William Tecku, from Overtime ©1985 OCTOBER 2018 S M T W T F S Chippewa eyes listen to sun, moon, stars. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 They . . . rainbow . . . rivers. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 They camp and they dance! 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Drums hear lake water 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 sail into the sky. 28 29 30 31

FREEZING winds blow off a great lake. Photo by JOHN WELL I NG Its song breaks trail for them. They move . . . move . . . move for reasons like 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 or because of our own.

They canoe the lake before it is mapped by missionaries, Edmund Fitzgerald Dayllight Savings Sinks in Lake Superior by guns, Time Ends Election Day New Moon in 1975 by money.

Dream-hungry, the Gitchi Gummi paddles through their visions. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 They fish. They hunt. They do not spear the snow.

They warm by the fires Veteran’s Day First Quarter Moon of stories.

They left and they stayed like the air in songs 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of water, of stars, of us.

Photo by RUTH HARKER Thanksgiving Day Full Moon

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WISCONSIN’S GREAT LAKES! Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Office of Great Waters

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