Fall 2015 Interpreter

TH E SUGARLOAF FALL 2015 A Publication of Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association 6008 London Road, Duluth, MN 55804 218.525.0001 Interpreter www.sugarloafnorthshore.org

T O V I T E S Y O U E C T O R S I N D O F D I R T H E B O A R A North Shore Evening e education, celebrating th nual gathering Our an rk of estoration wo ervation and r ssociation pres Stewardship A North Shore Sugarloaf: The – 8 pm mber 8, 5 pm Sunday, Nove idence Shulman Res The th y Avenue Sou 2400 Pillsbur Minneapolis : f "North Shore rson, author o g: Chel Ande Featurin r Coast" sota's Superio tory of Minne A Natural His el’s talk, llowed by Ch gna supper fo delicious lasa istory Enjoy a l beauty and h ing the natura Bid on “Celebrat unique Nort h Shore items North Shore” experien and of the ces at our sil ent auction.

All funds rais ed will suppo Co rt Sugarloaf ve and our on going North forest restor Shore ation efforts. Advanc e ticket sales: $55 per person; $50 members Ti cket sales at t he door: $60 Payment via credit card, ch eck, or cash. RSVP to Su garloaf at 218 -525-0001 or sugarlo [email protected] OR get your tickets online at sugarloafn orthshore.org Sugarloaf THE NORTH SHORE STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION Greetings everyone!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS I hope you had a wonderful described in more detail in this President summer and are enjoying our newsletter. Greg Koschinska, Schroeder, MN warm fall season. It was a beautiful At our annual meeting on Vice-President and busy summer at Sugarloaf August 8, we welcomed new board Mark Magney, Excelsior, MN Cove, which included many member David Gredzens and 2nd Vice-President improvements and a wide variety thanked retiring board members Michael Monten , Minneapolis, MN of programs. I hope you had a Jim Mullin and Tom Becken. After Secretary chance to see the improvements the meeting we took a scenic Mary McDermid, Excelsior, MN and attend a program or two. We cruise along the North Shore on the Treasurer also offered our third Lost Forest Wenonah. The sun broke out just David Vose, Duluth, MN program for North Shore in time to make the trip Directors landowners and continued our spectacular. We hope to make this Russ Baker, Schroeder, MN John Bathke, Two Harbors, MN restoration work with our partners an annual event and would love to Karen Dingle, Duluth, MN in the North Shore Forest have you join us. Allison Ecklund, Roseville, MN Collaborative and the Lake and Margie Menzies was back as Jan Ellingson, Waconia, MN David Gredzens, Castle Danger, MN Cook County Invasives Team. All our naturalist this summer. We Steve Hedman, Duluth, MN of these programs and were also happy to be able to hire Skip Lamb, Schroeder, MN improvements and more are Beth Ruark as a site host for Julie Magney, Minnetonka, MN Mondays and Tuesdays. Beth Anne McKinsey, Minneapolis, MN Jerry Meigs, St. Paul, MN allowed us to be open daily Dale Ulrich, St. Paul, MN throughout the summer. Programs John Wytanis, Tofte, MN at the Cove will continue this fall Staff with a geology walk on Fridays at 2 Molly Thompson, Executive Director pm, bird banding on Saturday Margie Menzies, Naturalist Beth Ruark, Summer site host mornings, and a phenology walk Laurel Wilson, Arrowhead Invasive on Sundays at 10 am. Watch our Team Coordinator website for updates. Finally, a big round of BUSINESS OFFICE: applause to our volunteers. Thanks 6008 London Road to you we were are able to offer Duluth, MN 55804 more programs and greet more 218-525-0001 Email: [email protected] people this summer and now into www.sugarloafnorthshore.org the fall season.

SUGARLOAF COVE: Enjoy your fall and I hope to 9096 Highway 61 see you at our North Shore Evening Schroeder, MN 55613 on November 8. (not a mailing address) 218-663-7679 The scenery was great on our first annual North Shore cruise Molly Thompson, Executive Director

MISSION STATEMENT Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association strives to inspire the preservation and restoration of the North Shore’s unique Help Preserve the North Shore environment through education and exemplary stewardship, especially at Our mission at Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Sugarloaf Cove. Association, is to protect and preserve the North Shore. You can help us by making a planned legacy gift via your estate NEW VISION Sugarloaf values and believes in a healthy plan or will. Each year we receive generous gifts from people just like you Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior who care about the North Shore landscape and Sugarloaf Cove. Contact where an informed citizenry takes personal your attorney to make a plan, or contact Sugarloaf for more information on and group responsibility t o ensure that natural and ecological systems and human economic our Long Term Fund and designated gift opportunities. and social systems coexist in a fashion Help us preserve Sugarloaf Cove and the North Shore landscape . sustainable into the future .

Page 2 The Sugarloaf Interpreter Meet our newest Director, $uccessful Capital Campaign David Gredzens allows for needed improvements and repairs An Introduction from David : by Margit Berg, Capital Campaign Chair

This year, my We are in the midst of our first capital wife and I have campaign and it is clear from the great response resided in Castle thus far from people like you that the current Danger, on the Lake, parking lot, trails, and nature center needs will for twenty years. I be addressed. Our campaign will continue was born in through the end of 2015 so that those who wait Hamburg, Germany until the end of the year to make their and came to the contributions can be a part of it. United States as a Through mid-September there have been 87 refugee in 1950. Art donors and pledgers with gifts ranging in size has been a mainstay from $25 to $6,000. While we appreciate for me since the age receiving gifts promptly, pledges can be payable of six. I studied over 3 years. Any funds painting starting at the age of eleven. I attended exceeding our $60,000 the Minneapolis School of Art (now the goal will provide for a Minneapolis College of Art & Design). This year it much-needed is now 50 years of working in the art and design reworking of the fields. I have worked as a graphic designer, interior of the Illustrator (and architectural illustrator), exhibit nature center designer and photographer during this time. Also, and other I have given lectures at the architectural school programming and Southeast Asian studies department at the improvements. University of Minnesota. I have served on the Leading the campaign are Asian Arts Council at the Minneapolis Institute of Greg Koschinska and myself, with the Arts and have produced two exhibitions of assistance of current and former Board Tibetan/Himalayan art. members Mike Monten, Jim Mullin, and Mary My exhibit design work has included McDermid. We appreciate the breadth of corporate showrooms, trade show exhibits, support including people that not only live museum and interpretive centers. Local projects on the shore, both part-timers and frequent include The Great Lakes Aquarium, The Welcome visitors too. It is already clear that the parking lot Center at Grand Portage, and Sugarloaf Cove. I improvements have at least doubled the number have designed projects throughout the five state of people stopping to enjoy Sugarloaf Cove and area. the summer programming. When the parking lot In recent years, photography has also and signage are complete, the trails and plantings become a passion for me. I have been are improved, and the building interior is better documenting the rivers of the North Shore and designed, we will truly be in a position to better have assembled about 8,000 images just on the “Invite, Receive, and Educate,” the theme of the rivers and streams. I have also been campaign! photographing the Minnesota shoreline, as well as the Canadian Islands of You can send your capital campaign Lake Superior. This contributions to: endeavor has taken me to Sugarloaf: remote locations, as well The North Shore Stewardship Association as familiar sites. It is my 6008 London Road love of the natural world Duluth, MN 55804 that is the driver for this Or donate online at sugarloafnorthshore.org passion. Thank you!

Fall 2015 Page 3 Invite, Receive, Educate... Wonderful Improvements at Sugarloaf Cove by Russ Baker, Site Committee Chair Another season, more progress at signage and steps to the trail leading from the Sugarloaf. If you visited Sugarloaf this parking lot will be underway. summer, we hope you noticed the continued New Steps to the Beach. Over the years improvements. It seems our list is long, and we have had a series of steps and platforms leading from the building to the beach. Unfortunately these did not provide the safety and accessibility we deemed necessary. Completed in July, the steps and platforms are now safe, stable and attractive too. Updates to the Building and Trails. Twice the Conservation Corps of Minnesota (CCM) came to Sugarloaf with teams to complete trail improvements and maintenance. They stained the storage shed, picnic tables and benches; built water bars at several places on the trails; and built and replaced “C-Steps” on the trails. Donation Box and Information Sign. A beautiful new information sign and a donation box were installed in front of the building in July. The sign will help orient visitors and A new sign and donation box near visitor center welcome them to Sugarloaf Cove, especially when the building is closed. Since we depend no sooner do we finish one task than another on the donations from our visitors and improvement need is noticed! members, we added the donation box to Most notable was the re-grading and encourage contributions and memberships. shaping of our parking lot. The result is more We have already seen increases! parking space and sight lines from Highway If you have not visited Sugarloaf in a 61. (This summer we have seen an increase while, take time to visit, walk the trails and in visitors stopping for their first visit.) By the observe our improvements. We think you will end of October, work on attractive new be pleased. Thank you for your support!

Sugarloaf thanks the following generous funders, donors, and partners:

Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program Apter Family Fund Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation Elizabeth King Callender Foundation Trillium Family Foundation Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa USDA Forest Service Superior National Forest Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Cook County Community Fund Weekes Family Foundation Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Whitney Wheelock Foundation Biodiversity Fund Sugarloaf Board of Directors and members Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Legacy Grant program

Page 4 The Sugarloaf Interpreter Volunteers play an increasing Minnesota Master role at Sugarloaf Cove Naturalist Program at By Margit Berg, Volunteer Coordinator Sugarloaf Graduates 20+

With the improved visibility of the In Its Third Year Cove because of the parking lot By Caleb Frostman, Master Naturalist graduate improvements, there has been an increase in visitors. Volunteers have been asked to Heavy clouds and intermittent sunshine on play an increasing role as both site hosts in their final day of class provided an appropriate the nature center and as bird banding metaphor for the mixed emotions of this year’s assistants. The number of hours spent by site crop of Minnesota Master Naturalist candidates hosts is estimated to be about 360 hours at Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center. May 9th over the summer season. Bird banding marked the culmination of a 6-session course in volunteer hours were about 340 hours. which a diverse group of inquisitive, Additionally, the Board members have spent knowledge-seeking, service-minded many extra hours this year planning the Minnesotans from across the state gathered improvements to the property as a result of every other Saturday for 12 weeks to learn more the capital campaign. about the North Woods Great Lakes biome and On behalf of the organization I would become official stewards of the natural like to say a huge thank you to the over two landscape. dozen men and women who have put in The newly minted Master Naturalists did many hours of work to supplement our paid not don caps and gowns for the final session, staff. Volunteers will be honored at a but as was the case every week of class, plenty luncheon on October 17th that will be held of fleece, Gore-Tex, and hiking boots were at 12:30 at the Cross River Heritage Center. proudly worn by both students and instructors; If you are interested in helping out next high quality cameras were draped over season, please contact Molly Thompson, shoulders; weathered coffee mugs were Executive Director, at 218-525-0001 or clutched, sipped, and refilled; and binoculars [email protected]. There will were peered through as participants searched be orientation sessions next spring so that the Nature Center grounds for warblers and all volunteers feel comfortable in their roles. waxwings. Continued on next page

Sugarloaf thanks the following business members for their generous support: Lutsen Mountains, Lutsen, MN; 218-663-7281; www.lutsen.com

Bluefin Bay, Tofte, MN; 1-800-BLUEFIN (258- Lutsen Resort, Lutsen, MN; 218-663-7212; 3346); www.bluefinbay.com www.lutsenresort.com Integrated Compensations Systems, Inc., North Shore Federal Credit Union, St. Paul, MN ; 651-451-3206; Silver Bay, MN; 218-226-4401; www.icomppayroll.com www.northshorefcu.org Lambs Resort, Schroeder, MN; Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, Tofte, MN; 218-663-7292; www.lambsresort.com 218-663-7150; www.sawbill.com Leamon Mercantile Company, Superior, WI; Temperance Liquors, Inc., Schroeder, MN; 715-394-7227 218-663-0111

Fall 2015 Page 5 Minnesota Master Naturalist Program limnology, ice formations, weather patterns, Continued from previous page geology, invasive species, flora, fauna, phenology , birds, insects, lichens, and more. Highlights from This year’s group of Naturalist candidates the spring session at Sugarloaf included beautiful was as rich in diversity as the biota they seasonal weather at almost every session, studied. The class of more than 20 students incredible ice formations in the cove for the was split fairly evenly among men and first three meetings of the course, engaging women, with participants ranging in age from expert guest speakers, finding wolf tracks on recent college graduates in their early 20s up the premises, and making fast friendships . to those enjoying retirement. Geographically, In order to achieve the designation of the Naturalists converged on Sugarloaf for the Minnesota Master Naturalist, participants were required to complete a capstone project, expected to take at least 10 hours. Some students worked independently; others formed groups of up to three to collaborate on their final project. Capstones covered a wide swath of topics and disciplines, including creating a poster describing the fungi life cycle, an animal tracking game for school children, frog call recording and cataloging, bird banding data analysis, and other citizen science projects . Although the group’s heterogeneity resulted in spirited and engaging classroom discussion, the Naturalist candidates also recognized and appreciated the many qualities they shared. This year’s Naturalists were collectively inquisitive, service-minded, explorative, collaborative, and hungry for knowledge (and the occasional pan of rhubarb bars brought to class!). Brief but meaningful new friendships were formed during group Master Naturalist Class of 2015 breakout sessions, capstone preparations, nature walks, carpooling to and from class, biweekly programs from both directions on the and via email correspondence between the in- Shore (from Grand Marais down to Duluth), person sessions. After celebratory graduation many added the class to cabin weekends cake, goodbyes at 5:00 on the last day of class traveling from the Twin Cities, and students’ were typically Minnesotan: Longer than cities and towns of origin are scattered across necessary and friendly. the entire continental U.S. Professions With final projects submitted and represented among this year’s graduates presented, the graduates’ commitment is far included everything from nurse anesthetist to from over. In order to maintain the Master lawyer-turned-family-therapist; bankers to Naturalist designation, graduates must perform pilots; limnologists to emergency dispatch at least 40 hours of outdoors service work and operators; multiple published writers and a complete 8 hours of advanced training annually. handful of active retirees. Interests drawing This can be done at Sugarloaf Cove, any public participants to the course varied widely, as nature area, or in one’s own backyard. well: Professional wildlife photographers, If the volume of laughter, cooperative hunters, gardeners, journal keepers, spirit, quantity and velocity of hands raised, backcountry campers, and hikers called the and number and depth of questions asked Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center their Saturday over the past 12 weeks are any indicator, the home throughout the duration of the course. burgeoning enthusiasm of this year’s Master The curriculum itself, through in-class Naturalist class bodes well for the future of teachings and assigned readings, covered a natural stewardship in the state of Minnesota wide range of topics including lakes and and beyond.

Page 6 The Sugarloaf Interpreter Summer Highlights 2015 July we hear them no more because their By Margie Menzies, Naturalist breeding season is So my fifth summer as the naturalist at over and males are Sugarloaf Cove has come and gone, and as no longer defending usual flown by all too quickly. Hard to believe territories or that so much time has passed, and yet much attempting to attract has happened in these five years, and mates. In other bird Sugarloaf continues to grow in all sorts of news, the resident ways. The work on enlarging and reorganizing Peregrine Falcons the parking lot and the moving of the sign a successfully raised a little closer to the highway at Sugarloaf has brood of 4 this Guest speaker Joe Walewski and Sugarloaf Naturalist resulted in a lot more visitors finding Sugarloaf summer, and the Margie Menzies lead a walk at Sugarloaf Cove for a for the first time this summer. The rough count calls of multiple Photo Phenology program. Photo by Phil Hartley of visitors done every day shows nearly twice Peregrines again rang as many visitors as last year at this time. in the air over The summer season started out dry this Sugarloaf all summer. They were banded by year with the pump at the bottom of the hill Jackie Fallon and the Midwest Peregrine dry instead of flowing as is usually does late Society research crew on the 12th of June this spring into midsummer. But later in June the summer. On Thursday, September 3rd, one of pump resumed its normal overflowing habits this year’s hatch (a young male named BJ) was and ran until the end of July or so this summer. captured at Hawk Ridge on his maiden voyage July was dry, but August caught us up a bit. to the south. Good luck BJ, and we hope to And speaking of flowing water, I am hear of you turning up with a mate of your delighted to say that a long term erosion issue own somewhere in the neighborhood at some has been laid to rest. Historically, every time it point in the future! rained, a river ran down the driveway, past the The bird banding season has yielded a visitor’s center and straight down to the lake, few new species this year. We banded some eroding the driveway and trail as it went. winter Common Redpolls, and one Hoary Thanks to the CCM leadership crews and board Redpoll in early March this year, for the first members Greg Koschinska, his Bobcat, and serious attempt at winter banding at Sugarloaf, Russ Baker, we have solved the problem by as there were just too many Redpolls here last raising the driveway on one side and winter to let them go by unmonitored. We channeling the water toward the creek side, banded 70 birds that day with Common and by buiding waterbars to channel the water Redpolls (31) running neck and neck with the away from the trail. Hooray for progress on that Pine Siskins (31), until the single Hoary front! Redpoll tipped the scale toward the Redpoll Early this summer, we installed a weather side for the title of most birds of that species station at Sugarloaf, which has been on my banded that day. Throughout the summer this wish list for quite a while. We can now tell year we have banded two new species for you temperature, wind speed and direction, Sugarloaf – a Golden-winged Warbler (a percent humidity, barometric pressure and breeding female) and a Scarlet Tanager (also trends, rainfall amounts and daily highs and female). This year was also a banner year for lows, among other pieces of weather Cedar Waxwings. In the first three years from information. It is a wonderful addition to the 2012-2014 we caught a total of 24. Thus far in nature center and it definitely keeps us up to the 2015 season alone we have captured and speed on the ever changing weather of the banded 24, doubling our banded population North Shore of Lake Superior. of Cedar Waxwings. Interestingly enough, This summer, I was greeted as usual by although they have been here all summer and the resident Whip-poor-wills and their many young have been seen feeding on nocturnal serenade. This year they seemed to Mountain Ash berries near the visitor’s center, stay further away than they have in the past, we have yet to catch any of this year’s hatch. though they do always move around a fair bit Guess we will have to wait and see what the through the summer until suddenly toward late Continued on page 9

Fall 2015 Page 7 North Shore Forest Stewardship Updates

LOST FOREST PROGRAM A RESOUNDING and more. In Cook County, a grant from the SUCCESS MN DNR’s Coastal Program funded a series of workshops focusing on different aspects of Sugarloaf’s third round of the Lost Forest invasive species control and prevention. program took place this spring and summer. During one workshop on shoreline We had 26 participants representing 16 North restoration, attendees got their hands dirty Shore properties. Property sizes range from restoring an eroded stream bank where less than an acre to invasive plants were removed and native almost 300 acres for species were planted. a total of over 800 This summer the Cook County Invasives acres affected by Team (CCIT) offered three wildflower walks to this program. look at native and non-native plants at the Michael Temperance and Cascade rivers and Reichenbach, Sweetheart’s Bluff. And, in a joint project, the University of MN Department of Transportation and CCIT Minnesota Extension worked together to treat populations of Associate Professor, Dalmatian toadflax in Cook County. led the classes Dalmatian toadflax is listed as a restricted which included noxious weed on the MN Department of topics such as tree Agriculture’s eradicate list meaning that identification, landowners are legally required to eradicate it Lost Forest class of 2015. invasive plants and Photo by Michael Reichenbach from their property. This is the only species animals, North on the eradicate list known to be in Cook Shore wildlife, and chainsaw safety. This year County. our first three classes took place at Bunker In Lake County, the Soil and Water Hills Regional Park and were webcast to Conservation District (SWCD) trapped rusty Sugarloaf Cove and some of the participants. crayfish and held crayfish boils at the Two We then spent three weekends together this Harbors and Finland farmers markets to raise summer on the North Shore. This year we awareness about aquatic invasive species. The added tours of each participant’s property to Lake County Invasives Team and Finland the schedule. Although each property was Youth Night participants unique, from rocky shoreline to maple forests, controlled common tansy many of the concerns and challenges of the and spotted knapweed at landowners were similar. These on-the- the Finland Community ground tours offered a hands-on approach to Center. Also this summer, learning that was very popular. During the Minnesota Conservation tours Mike offered restoration Corps crews working for recommendations and encouragement. All in the Lake County SWCD all, it was another terrific program with treated large infestations wonderful participants. We hope to be able of Japanese barberry and to offer another round of classes next summer. Japanese knotweed in This year’s program was funded in part by the Two Harbors. These two Coastal Zone Management Act, by NOAA’s species are not Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource widespread in the Management, in cooperation with Volunteers pulling spotted Arrowhead region and are Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program. knapweed. high priorities for control. The Sugarloaf Community Forest CCIT + LCIT = AIT Restoration Shed had a successful second year. Fifteen people completed the training The Cook and Lake County Invasives which focused on invasive plant identification Teams have had a busy summer of outreach and control, as well as how to safely and and education events, invasive plant removal effectively apply herbicides. After the training,

Page 8 The Sugarloaf Interpreter participants were able to borrow equipment Summer Highlights 2015 and use herbicides from the shed. This year Continued from page 7 trainees treated common tansy, Canada rest of the season brings to get the complete thistle, bull thistle and spotted knapweed on story. their own properties. The little meadow outside the visitors Find out more about these and other invasive center has been a topic of conversation this species activities in the Minnesota Arrowhead on summer, as we have started a restoration project the website, arrowheadinvasives.org. there aiming for a future meadow of native wildflowers and grasses to replace the former NORTH SHORE FOREST COLLABORATIVE invasive grass species, hawkweed, birdsfoot MOVING FORWARD trefoil, and overgrown raspberries of the past. It has been an interesting process to watch, The North Shore Forest Collaborative beginning with herbicide treatment in late (NSFC) has had another busy and successful spring to kill all of the undesirable plants, year moving forward with restoration along followed by a controlled burn, a plowing under the North Shore. This spring, the through the summer, and a final herbicide Collaborative’s strategic plan was completed treatment administered on the 9th of September. and is now available on the NSFC website – Yet this fall there will be seeds and plugs northshoreforest.org. It identifies goals, planted to begin the process of native plants strategies and projects for the Collaborative. returning as the dominant species once again. The Collaborative is also moving ahead This too will be very interesting to watch, I can with our largest project so far – a $400,000 hardly wait for next spring to see what comes grant from the state’s Conservation Partners up. Stay tuned for future updates on the progress Legacy fund. During the summer, the Forest of the native meadow. Service planted 2,250 white pine seedlings As always, it has been an amazing summer and 900 red oak seedlings. All trees planted at Sugarloaf and I am once again grateful to were fenced to protect them from deer have been a part of the Sugarloaf story for browsing. At Cascade River State Park, 41 another season. Keep your eyes on the website acres of white pine seedlings were planted for fall and winter programming, as well as and fenced. And at Sugarloaf Cove, the area registration for the winter/spring 2016 Master in front of the building was cleared and Naturalist class, and many more wonderful treated twice for invasive plants. A light opportunities through the year at Sugarloaf. prescribed burn took place late in the There is always much to see, and much to learn summer. Planting will take place this fall. no matter when you visit Sugarloaf. Many An especially important goal of the thanks too to all the volunteers who help with Collaborative is to find ways to assist private so much of what makes Sugarloaf the amazing landowners. This summer, two NSFC place that it is on the North Shore of Lake partners, the Forest Service and the Natural Superior. Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), were selected to receive federal funds to hire a forest restoration coordinator. The coordinator will spend half of their time helping private landowners with their restoration efforts and Don’t forget Sugarloa f! the other half assisting the Forest Service with their restoration efforts. The NSFC through November 12, 2015 Sugarloaf has also applied for funding from a private family foundation to make deer exclosure material and planting assistance available to private landowners at a reduced cost. The next general meeting of the NSFC is scheduled for Thursday, October 29. The time, agenda and location will be announced on the NSFC website – northshoreforest.org. Everyone is invited!

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