Park News & Planner - 2013 U.S. Department of the Interior

The official newspaper of Around the Archipelago National Lakeshore

Pardon the Mess... The Greatest Show on the Big Lake! Closed For Renovation You’d have to go back to 1929 to see anything like ‑ the 2013 Apostle Islands light station preservation project. Big We know how disappointing a “Closed for happenings at Light: workmen, barges, scaffolding, Renovation” sign can be. We hope that painters, roofers, sawyers, carpenters, glaziers, and masons, all the inconvenience of not climbing the light just busy as beavers. And not just Michigan, but Devils, La Pointe, towers this summer will be rewarded by Outer, and Sand lights too. This is the biggest historic preservation great visitor experiences in the future. project that Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has ever While the National Park Service will work undertaken, and the biggest re-investment in these historic lights to minimize public impacts during the ever made by the federal government. There may NEVER have been light station repair work, some closures a summer this busy at the Apostle Islands’ . will be necessary for public safety and to allow workers access to the light stations. Local folks and park visitors have heard rumblings about this for Buildings will be closed to visitation while several years as the planning, design, and contract preparation work work is in progress, as will the adjacent progressed. The lights will be seeing some old friends, and making grounds. The normal volunteer “keepers” some new ones. C3, LLC, a major national construction firm, is the will not be in residence during construction. general contractor, supervising an array of subcontractors including In some cases dock closures may KBK Services of Ashland, . KBK has conducted a number also be required for visitor safety and to of historic preservation projects in the national lakeshore, including guarantee dock space for the work crews and materials. will be the rehabilitation of Raspberry lighthouse. The vessel , the most impacted by closures as dock space a veteran of both World War II and over 60 years of local marine is limited, and work at the station will be construction, will be doing much of the heavy transport. Last extensive. October, without too much fanfare, the Outer Island arrived at Michigan Island light to start dropping off materials and get things will be open as usual staged for 2013. in 2013, but if you plan on visiting any of the park’s other light stations, you should Let’s grab a hard hat, take a look at those construction drawings, check in advance to learn of any closures and see what’s in store. The really big effort is on Michigan Island. that might be in place. We apologize in Sawyers will clear four acres of encroaching trees to partially restore advance for any inconveniences. Call 715- 779-3397 or check the park website at the original light station grounds and viewshed. The old light, Top: The old light on Michigan Island will be renovated inside and out in 2013. keeper’s quarters, power house, and assistant keeper’s quarters will Bottom: The Outer Island unloads building materials at Michigan Island dock in www.nps.gov/apis for the latest information. Watch for updates and “behind the scenes” be re-roofed. The interior of the old light will be rehabilitated for October 2012. construction photos on our Facebook page! public access including refinished floors, doors, trim, and plaster, sawyers are clearing encroaching trees and brush from three acres with planning under way for new exhibits in 2014. The old light of grounds (see article on page 7). Here are the anticipated dates for tower will also be repaired and repainted. The new (1929) tower construction, which will result in partial or base will have repairs to its windows, plaster, and iron columns. At , the La Pointe light tower will also undergo major full closures to the light stations and in some The keeper’s quarters will have repairs to its brick and porches, repairs to its concrete footings and minor repairs to the metal cases the adjacent docks. These dates are and the assistant keeper’s quarters will have window repairs and structure. The keeper’s quarters is also seeing efforts to combat subject to change. repainting. Access to the grounds and old light will be improved, as moisture and mold, and improve ventilation. Thinning of trees on will ventilation in all the major structures. Hazardous materials will the grounds and around structures is also taking place. Michigan Light (dock closed as required): be removed, the old tramway will be restored with new ballast and May 2 through September 1, 2013 ties, and badly needed repairs will be made to the dock. light is receiving an urgently needed new metal roof and gutter repairs. Plans to repair and refinish floors, repair plaster and Devils Light (east and west landings may be closed as required): May 10 through Outer Island light will see reroofing, repointing and repainting repaint the interior, improve ventilation, and partially restore the September 25, 2013 of its masonry tower; repainting and repair of the lantern; repair original station grounds are awaiting future funds. to windows, interiors, and repainting of exterior trim on the Outer Island Light (dock may be closed as lighthouse; removal of hazardous materials, and improvements to It sounds like a lot to accomplish in one season, and it is. If weather required): May 20 through August 1, 2013 ventilation. The fog signal building will receive needed foundation doesn’t cooperate, the work may have to push into 2014. The goal, and roof repairs and removal of hazardous materials. however, is to finish it all in one year, both to save money and to La Pointe (Long Island) Light (dock may minimize visitor inconvenience. But preservation efforts won’t be closed as required): August 1 through Devils Island light tower will undergo major repair to its concrete stop here. The planning team has identified much more work October 8, 2013 footings, while the keeper’s and assistant keeper’s quarters will see needed at all the lights, probably two to three times more than the repair to windows, porches, interiors, and repointing the brick, funding for this project could cover. While much remains to be Sand Light (landing may be closed as while also improving ventilation. The fog signal building will receive done, the work accomplished in 2014 will go a long way towards required): August 1 through August 31, repairs to its exterior and foundation, as well as repainting. Park preserving the “Lights of the Apostles” for years to come. 2013 3 Summer Info 4 Paddling 7 Landscapes 7 New Campsites Apostle Islands and the Sequester

National Park Service By Bob Krumenaker U.S. Department of the Interior Inflation-Adjusted Park Base Budget Park Superintendent 3.3

3.2 It’s popular to talk about “the government” 3.1 and blame it for a host of frustrations, 3.0 inefficiencies, and evils inA merican society. 2.9 But we don’t have “a” government, we have

$ 2.8 many governments: local, tribal, state, and Millions Millions federal. It’s easy to forget that government 2.7 - as Lincoln eloquently reminded us at 2.6 Congressional Gettysburg, “of the people, by the people, Appropriation 2.5 Park Base After NPS 2.4 [and] for the people” - provides the roads, Adjustments the disaster relief, the schools, and the parks Inflation-Adjusted Park 2.3 Base that people need and appreciate. Who does 2.2

this? Civil servants that work for many 2.1

agencies to fulfill mandates established by 2.0

elected legislatures at every level. 1.9

1.8 Apostle Islands National Lakeshore FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 Providing these and other government Congressional Appropriation $2.393 $2.435 $2.444 $2.435 $2.501 $2.561 $2.610 $2.973 $3.181 $3.150 $3.049 $3.044 $2.818 services requires expertise and labor Park Base After NPS Adjustments $2.332 $2.449 $2.403 $2.370 $2.442 $2.503 $2.569 $2.856 $2.944 $3.107 $2.996 $2.950 $2.772 Wisconsin’s northernmost landscape Inflation-Adjusted Park Base $2.332 $2.409 $2.310 $2.217 $2.206 $2.189 $2.184 $2.336 $2.418 $2.511 $2.343 $2.259 $2.082 and supplies and materials, all of which juts into as the scenic Apostle Islands National Lakeshore budget trends since 2001. archipelago of 22 Apostle Islands. The cost money. We’ve been through tough area’s scenic, historical, biological, and economic times in recent years, and the amazing institutional knowledge for the The cuts will impact visitor safety. Fewer recreational values were recognized in country is deeply divided on fiscal issues. park…and our visitors. staff and fewer hours mean slower response 1970 when Congress named 20 of the Inability to reach consensus in Washington time when there’s an emergency. Fewer islands and 2,500 acres of the peninsula has resulted in the “sequester.” Good Previous budget reductions have already rangers and shorter hours at Meyers Beach, as a national lakeshore. In 1986, Long public policy or bad, citizens have a right stripped park budgets to the bone. At the park’s most dangerous kayak launch site, Island was also included. The Gaylord to understand how the sequester will Apostle Islands, our 2013 budget is 12% less will likely result in a one-third reduction Nelson Wilderness, including 33,500 acres affect the services provided by each federal than it was in 2010. The park’s operating in visitor safety contacts. Eliminating all of the lakeshore, was established in 2004. government agency. The rest of this article budget will be the lowest since 2007, and non-emergency overtime means we would describes how the sequester is affecting adjusted for inflation, the lowest since be very limited in our ability to do bear This fascinating unit of the National the National Park Service (NPS), and the before 2001. (See chart ) deterrence when there’s a bear conflict in a Park System features a combination Apostle Islands in particular – your federal campground. If there are a lot of bear issues of spectacular natural beauty and rich cultural history. The wooded islands government in northern Wisconsin. The reductions to park budgets will have this summer, we may have to close areas of are trimmed with sea caves, sandstone a big impact on the American economy, the park to protect visitors. cliffs, and miles of pristine sand beaches. As an agency, NPS has few options on how especially in the gateway communities that Native Americans, voyageurs, loggers, to take the automatic, across-the-board, support, and depend upon, park visitors. A The cuts will also impact visitor services. stone cutters, farmers, and commercial 5.3% cut. By law, every park and program dollar invested in the NPS returns $10 to Hours at the Bayfield Visitor Center, which fishermen all left their marks on the is being cut the same percent of its annual the national economy and supports 252,000 have already been decreased due to prior islands. Six light stations were built in the budget – and has only seven months of the jobs nationwide. Direct annual spending budget cutbacks, would decrease by an Apostles to aid Great Lakes navigation. fiscal year to absorb the loss. This is a real is about $3 million per year here, paying additional 3.5 hours per week. Fewer staff cut, not a reduction of an increase, as some salaries, buying local goods and services, and shorter hours will mean longer waits for Mailing Address have suggested. We have little flexibility and hiring local contractors. Indirectly, permits and return calls. We’re reducing the Park Superintendent about what to cut, as the vast majority of spending by the NPS and lakeshore visitors ranger presence on the concession cruise Apostle Islands National Lakeshore our budget pays for our employees who take contributes more than $20.9 million to the boats by 85%, and will give about 7% fewer 415 Washington Avenue Bayfield, WI 54814 care of parks and the people who visit them local economy and supports about 364 jobs . tours at Raspberry Island Lighthouse. – 283 million last year. Phone/Website/Email Those numbers will likely decrease this year Apostle Islands is a boating park, yet we (715)779-3397 The Director of the NPS instructed that as the NPS has less money to reinvest in the need to reduce the funding for boat fuel for www.nps.gov/apis/ sequestration cuts are to be taken in the local economy. Since the park was created NPS vessels by about 16% (which probably [email protected] following order: in 1970, job and income growth in the means an even larger reduction in the (800) 877-8339 TTY (Calls are relayed 1. don’t fill vacant jobs counties surrounding the park have been number of gallons we buy if fuel costs rise). using specially trained Communications 2. Stop all non-essential spending much higher than in the state as a whole . Fortunately, we’ve made our fleet much Assistants.) (supplies, travel, training) Sequestration, particularly if it is extended more efficient in recent years, but even so,

3. Reduce/eliminate seasonal hires (and current law would ratchet the decrease we will have to reduce the hours of use Facebook 4. Furlough permanent, full-time staff 5% more each year) could well have a major for the boats this year. If we have a lot of http://www.facebook.com/ When national parks submitted their plans impact here, not just in the park itself. activity or emergencies early in the summer, apostleislandsnationallakeshore for review, they were able to absorb the cuts we may be down to a minimum presence in with the first three, sparing the year-round Apostle Islands National Lakeshore’s staff the islands by late summer. staff from mandatory furloughs. trimmed operations in every program, doing it surgically rather than uniformly across- We’ve also had to cut funding in half for the Ironically, the light station preservation the-board, to make sure the impacts were contracted landing craft we hire to transport project, which was funded in previous fiscal strategic rather than blunt. Nonetheless, the truck that pumps our island-based years, is exempt from the sequestration cuts. the cuts are significant. In a normal year, vault toilets. If this is a busy year, some approximately 87% of the park’s operating toilets could fill before we can pump them Visitors will see and feel the effects of budget would be in fixed costs, so the and we’d have to close them for safety and sequestration. The cut came in the spring, sequestration cuts have to come in the aesthetic reasons. If there are no alternative just as parks were poised to hire 10,000 remaining 13% that is truly discretionary. toilets nearby, we may have to close some seasonal employees that are critical to our That discretionary funding pays for all of campsites as well. ability to welcome visitors and operate the seasonal rangers and other staff that Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has during the peak visitation season. Since are highly visible to the public during the Your federal government in northern a Fan Page on Facebook. Here, you will 2010, NPS spending on seasonal employees summer, plus supplies, materials, equipment Wisconsin is made up of real people who be able to share your experiences at the has decreased by 8%. There will be fewer repairs, routine maintenance of trails and care deeply about the mission of the national lakeshore. Occasionally, we’ll rangers and other NPS staff to operate campsites and docks, custodial services, National Park Service. I am very proud of ask a thought provoking question, tell visitor centers, clean toilets, mow lawns, or lawn mowing, etc. the staff of theA postle Islands National you “what is happening now,” engage inspire kids at evening campfire programs. Lakeshore and we will do the very best we in conversations, and bring clarity to any Our seasonal workforce is the “bench” We’ll go from 14 to 7 (50% reduction) can to provide you with the quality park rumors floating around out there. we turn to when fires break out, search seasonal rangers and other staff funded experience you deserve, despite the budget and rescue operations are underway, and from our base budget. No vacant cuts. Please look for opportunities to say The National Park Service cares every other collateral duty needs doing. At permanent positions will be filled, including thanks to a park ranger or other government for the special places saved by the Apostle Islands, many of these folks return two vital positions: the skilled mechanic that worker when you see good work. They will American people so that all may experience our heritage. year after year; they are the repositories of maintains water and electrical systems on appreciate it in these tough times. islands; and our wildlife biologist position.

2 Around the Archipelago Planning a Visit Information/Orientation Paddling Collecting Most of the fee revenue collected at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore stays in the park and Native fruits (except apples), nuts, and is used for critical and highly visible projects to berries not from plants listed as threatened benefit the public. or endangered species may be collected in quantities up to one gallon per person per The Golden Age Passport or Interagency Senior week. Up to five gallons of apples per person Pass (for U.S. citizens 62 or older) and Golden per week may be harvested in the park. All Access Passport or Interagency Access Pass (for edible mushrooms not listed as threatened permanently disabled U.S. citizens) provide a or endangered species may be collected in 50% discount on camping, docking, parking quantities up to one gallon per person per and guided tours at Apostle Islands National Sea kayaks are very popular for travel among week. The gathering of fruits, nuts, berries, Lakeshore. the Apostle Islands. To prevent the spread of apples and mushrooms by hand in the the deadly VHS virus, all watercraft must be Headquarters Visitor Center quantities identified will not have an adverse Guided Activities decontaminated before launching in the lake. affect on the various plant species. Wildflowers Open Mon-Fri 8 am to 4:30 pm, May 1-May 24 Two kayak launch points are located within may NOT be collected in the park. Park staff offer a variety of guided activities Open Daily 8 am to 4:30 pm, May 25-Sept. 29 the national lakeshore’s mainland unit. Meyers from June to September. Check at park visitor Open M-F 8 am to 4:30 pm, Sept. 30-May, 2014 Beach is a popular spot to begin a tour to Island Tours/Shuttles centers or bulletin boards for specific times, (closed on Federal holidays October - April) the mainland sea caves. There is a day use topics, and locations. parking fee at Meyers Beach. A kayak launch Little Sand Bay Visitor Center is located west of the NPS dock at Little Sand Bay. Temporary parking for loading/unloading Open Daily 9 am to 5 pm, June 15-Sept. 2 equipment is located to the west of the NPS (as staff is available) visitor center. For more information go to www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/kayaking.htm Camping Fishing and Hunting Apostle Islands Cruises (an authorized National A Wisconsin fishing license with a Park Service concessioner) offers a variety of Great Lakes trout and salmon stamp is required nonstop sightseeing excursions and island for fishermen 16 or older. Sport fishermen shuttles (see schedule). Their office is located are drawn to the Apostle Islands region by the in the Bayfield Pavilion near the city dock in opportunities to catch lake trout, rainbow trout, Bayfield, WI. All cruises depart from Bayfield. brown trout, and coho salmon. Emergency Reservations are recommended. For more restrictions were implemented in 2008 to information call 800-323-7619 or visit on-line Guided Lighthouse Tours prevent the spread of the deadly VHS virus. at www.apostleisland.com Guided tours of the restored Raspberry Island More information is available on our website at lighthouse will be offered daily between www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/fishing.htm Park Fees 9 am and 4:30 pm from June 15 through Camping is available on 19 of the lakeshore’s mid-September. Tours include access to the 21 islands and at one campsite on the Hunting activity may occur in the national lighthouse tower and the refurnished head mainland. Permits are required for all camping Camping (per site per night) lakeshore from September (after Labor Day) ’s quarters. Guided tours in the national lakeshore and can be obtained Individual site or camping zone: $10 through May 15. Archery hunts for island at Raspberry Island cost $3/person or $8/ in person or by calling 715-779-3397. Group site: $20 deer run from mid-September to the end immediate family. Individual campsites (for one to seven campers) Docking (between 6 pm and 6 am) of September and from the beginning of can be reserved beginning one month before Boats less than 40 feet: $10 November through December. There is a muzzle Park staff may be available to conduct free the start of a trip. Group campsites (for eight Six-night docking ticket book: $50 loader season during the month of October on guided tours of the lighthouse at Sand island to 21 campers) can be reserved beginning Boats 40 feet or more: $20 all islands except Long. A free access permit is from late June to September (except when the second week in January. Camping zones required for most hunting on the islands. For Six-night docking ticket book: $100 closed for construction). Tours will generally be have also been established on 15 islands in detailed information go to http://www.nps.gov/ Parking available daily on request from about 9 am to the national lakeshore for visitors seeking a apis/planyourvisit/hunting.htm. All hunting is Meyers Beach day use, vehicle 4:30 pm. Guided tours will NOT be available remote backcountry experience. A nightly fee is in compliance with federal and state law. less than 20’ (including trailer): $3 before 9 am or after 4:30 pm without prior charged for camping (see chart on this page). arrangements. Meyers Beach day use, Pictures and descriptions of Apostle Islands Firearms vehicle 20’ or more: $5 campsites are available on-line at www.nps. Campfire Programs Meyers Beach annual parking pass gov/apis/planyourvisit/camping.htm Join park staff at the Presque Isle campfire As of February 22, 2010, a federal law allows (cost based on vehicle length): $15-25 people who can legally possess firearms under circle on nightly from late June Sailing and Boating Bayfield Headquarters overnight federal, Wisconsin, and local laws to possess through Labor Day. The free talks last about 45 (cost based on vehicle length): $5-8 firearms in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. minutes and cover such topics as bears, Native Guided tours/interpretive programs It is the visitor’s responsibility to understand American culture, wilderness, and shipwrecks. Per person: $3 and comply with all applicable state, local, and Programs start at twilight. federal firearms laws. Federal law prohibits Per immediate family: $8 firearms in certain facilities in this park; those places are posted with signs at public entrances. Visit an Island with

Accessibility Apostle Islands Cruises - 2013 The Apostle Islands offer outstanding boating Cruise Name Description Dates/Times opportunities. Public docks are found on 13 • The Headquarters visitor center in Bayfield of the islands in the national lakeshore. Space offers accessible parking, a ramped Raspberry Island 4 hour shuttle to 1:30 pm, is reserved at some docks for National Park entry on the west side of the building, Lighthouse Shuttle Raspberry Island Service (NPS) vessels and excursion boats. The power operated door openers, accessible Tue-Fri-Sat-Sun restrooms, an auditorium with a hearing $41.95/adult, (additional fee for remaining space is available to the public on a June 28-Sept. 1 first come, first served basis. A fee is charged assistance system, and an accessible $24.95/child lighthouse tour) for docking any time from 6 pm to 6 am. The exhibit area. fee is $10 for vessels up to 40 feet long or • The Little Sand Bay visitor center has Camp- Drop-off/ pick-up 1:30 pm, $20 for vessels over 40 feet long. Public boat accessible parking, a ramped entry to the er Shuttle $54.95/ campers at Oak Tue-Fri-Sat-Sun visitor center, an accessible exhibit area launches (non-NPS) are located in Ashland, adult, $32.95/child Island June 28-Sept. 1 Bayfield, Cornucopia, Little Sand Bay, Red and accessible restrooms. Cliff, and Washburn. The cost is $5/launch • Campsite #1 at Stockton Island’s Presque Stockton Island 4.5 hour shuttle to 8:30 am, in Bayfield, $6/launch at Little Sand Bay. All Isle campground features a ramped Dayhiker:$41.95/ Stockton Island (2 Tue-Fri-Sat-Sun watercraft must be decontaminated before boardwalk from the west dock to the launching in the lake. Marinas are in Ashland, campsite and an accessible route to the adult, $24.95/child hours on island) June 28-Sept. 1 Bayfield, Cornucopia, LaPointe, Pike’s Bay, Port vault toilets. Campers with mobility Stockton Island Superior, Red Cliff, Roys Point, Schooner Bay, impairments should specifically request this Drop-off/ pick- 8:30 am, site when obtaining a permit. Camper Shuttle and Washburn. up campers at Tue-Fri-Sat-Sun • Apostle Islands Cruises can accommodate $54.95/adult, Personal Watercraft visitors with mobility impairments. Stockton Island June 28-Sept. 1 (Jet skis) Deckhands will assist visitors onto the main $32.95/child deck of the boat. The “Island Princess” Complete Cruise schedule at The use of personal watercraft is not allowed includes an accessible toilet room and within the national lakeshore’s boundaries. accessible seating spaces. www.apostleisland.com

Around the Archipelago 3 Not Just Another “Lake Up North”... Sea Kayaking on Lake Superior As the world’s largest fresh water lake, come back. Lake Superior is truly an inland Superior is in a class of its own. It’s a sea. Weather, navigation and buoyage are national treasure. It feels and looks like an taken seriously and monitored by federal ocean with seemingly endless boundaries maritime agencies. There is a bottom line of and possibilities. A day on Lake Superior knowledge you must have to initiate your leaves you exhilarated, connected, restored. relationship with the Lake and it includes The Lake’s energy courses through your paying attention to equipment, your level of bones right to your soul. What a gift. training, the surrounding environment.

Many smaller bodies of water offer these When it comes to making recommendations gifts as well. But there comes a point where about paddling the Apostle Islands, local comparing Lake Superior to other inland outfitters and agencies are in a bit of a lakes takes a dramatic shift and those dilemma as they walk a line between wishing to engage with the Lake must cautious warning and wholehearted transform their approach to that of the encouragement. They’ve seen clear weather ocean going mariner. transition in a heartbeat to a thundering line of squalls, water temperatures plummet Because Lake Superior from 70 to 50 degrees with a change in wind direction, down drafting gusts scatter is an inland sea, a bona kayakers like leaves across open channels. fide sea kayak...is the They’ve also seen the joy and smiles on appropriate vessel people’s faces as they walk away from a great day on Lake Superior. Paddlers should obtain the proper equipment, weather information, and instruction before venturing out on for Apostle Islands the lake. paddlers. There is much discussion within the to use it, is the appropriate vessel for Apostle trip planning to-do list and don’t leave bureaucratic and public communities of Islands paddlers. Sure, there are places and home without it. Think about going with the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on days where recreational kayaks, sit-on-top an outfitter your first time on the big Lake, How do we do that? Often times in nature, the amorphous subject of what exactly is or peddle-style kayaks and stand up paddle you’ll learn a lot. Take a rescue class on your the antidote is found in close proximity to appropriate equipment and experience for boards provide a terrific experience on the favorite inland lake. Read some books, the problem. A positive relationship with these waters. The Park Service and US Coast lake. And certainly there are individuals watch some videos. the Lake is not entirely unconditional; Guard mandate and enforce certain rules who have the expertise to bend the rules the Lake asks a few things in return for its and regulations. The rest of the protocols and push the edges. But are you ready to Not only is the time and effort you put into transformative gifts and in the process of are dictated by the Lake and the paddler’s make these differentiations and decisions for preparation fun and informative; you’re repayment we move closer to safe passage. judgment. yourself, friends and family? paying forward your commitment to the Lake and laying the foundation for a healthy Respecting the power of the Lake is a good Because Lake Superior is an inland sea, It is an earned privilege to safely paddle and vibrant long term relationship. What a first step for kayakers in building an ongoing a bona fide sea kayak, accompanied with Lake Superior. Reframing your expectation gift. relationship; once here, you’ll want to commensurate skills and safety knowledge about this Lake should be at the top of your ...... National Park Foundation Grants Create “Next Generation Stewards” As the National Park Service prepares to enter its In the research component of APISELP, three Bayfield second century of existence, it is working to develop High School students conducted independent research and nurture life-long connections between the public projects within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The and parks – especially for young people – through students wrote research papers, prepared presentations, a continuum of engaging recreational, educational, and participated in regional and national science volunteer, and work experiences. Apostle Islands competitions. The research projects included a study National Lakeshore is developing these “next generation of organic and inorganic contaminants found in eaglet stewards” with the help of two grants from the National blood, a measurement of the geophysical behavior of Lake Park Foundation. Superior waters within the Apostle Islands, and an analysis The Parks Climate Challenge program uses national of stable isotopes in fish within the waters of the Apostle parks as classrooms to educate students about climate Islands. change. A Parks Climate Challenge grant will fund the Bayfield teacher Rick Erickson and his physics students second annual “Changing Climate…Changing Cultures” developed a successful cross-age mentoring program teacher workshop at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor to teach about the physics of lighthouses. The students Center July 15-18, 2013. Apostle Islands National developed a traveling trunk with the equipment necessary Lakeshore worked with the University of Wisconsin – to present the program to more than 250 elementary Extension, the Friends of the Center Alliance, Ltd., and students in February 2012. In April 2013, Mr. Erickson the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, to conducted a teacher workshop to show other teachers develop a curriculum and teacher training that highlights how to use the hands-on activities in the kit to teach the effects of climate change on Great Lakes’ natural students about the physics of lighthouse lenses. The and cultural resources through exploring the inter- workshop also trained teachers in the use of Lake Superior relationship between the Ojibwe culture and the Lake place-based lessons designed through student research. Superior environment. Twenty-five teachers participated In May 2012 and 2013, Mr. Erickson coordinated a in last summer’s inaugural workshop that included trips variety of service learning projects in the park. Funds from to the Kakagon Slough on the Bad River Reservation and the National Park Foundation grant were used to purchase Stockton Island in the national lakeshore. By providing materials, and more than 40 students built boardwalk teachers the platform, information and tools to develop on the park’s Lakeshore Trail, cleared debris from other hands-on service projects, they in turn create dynamic trails in the park, and built a shelter for the fee station at lessons for their students incorporating national park Meyers Beach. In September 2011 and 2012, Mr. Erickson experiences both within and outside the boundaries of brought a total of more than 60 students and teachers to the national lakeshore. the Raspberry Island lighthouse to tour the light, clean out A Park Stewards grant from the National Park the vegetable garden, and install storm windows on the Foundation in 2011 led to establishment of the Apostle lighthouse keepers’ quarters. Islands Experiential Learning Partnership (APISELP) “We are excited about these programs because they between Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the Parks Climate Challenge and Park Stewards grants from the National Park Foundation help allow us to enhance our partnership with the Bayfield Bayfield (Wisconsin) Public School. The grant was students connect to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. “Park Stewards” from Bayfield High School as well as other schools across the state,” said School build boardwalk on the park’s Lakeshore Trail (top) and explain to elementary school renewed to fund the third year of the APISELP in 2013. students how lighthouse lenses work (bottom). Superintendent Bob Krumenaker. “As a result of the During the first two years of the APISELP, students of personal engagement and service learning projects Bayfield High School completed three successful independent research projects, developed a science facilitated by these National Park Foundation grants, students are developing a deeper connection demonstration program which teaches about the physics of lighthouses, and initiated a project in and sense of stewardship for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.” which students learn about and participate in trail development and maintenance in the park

4 Around the Archipelago Emergency Contacts Call 715-779-3397 (day, NPS), Have Fun...Be Safe... or 219-395-1008 (NPS 24-hour dispatch), Tips to help preserve the park, respect other visitors, and protect yourself. or 715-373-6120 (night, Bayfield County Sheriff), ...On the Water ...On the Land or 911 and specify your location (Bayfield County), Black Bears or marine channel 16. Stockton, Oak, and Sand islands host resident bears, but bears can swim to any of the Apostle Islands. Never approach a bear, even to take pictures. Keep at least 50 yards away. Never feed a bear. There are several ways to avoid a close encounter with a bear where you camp or picnic. Reduce food odors by washing dishes Climate & and cleaning the kitchen site after cooking. Use minimal amounts of water to clean dishes and broadcast that wastewater on the ground at least 50 yards from camp. All food, beverage containers, Weather garbage, cooking materials, condiments, utensils, and toiletries Typical summer conditions feature winds of 5 to 20 knots and waves of 1 to 4 feet. To avoid dangerous mishaps, paddlers should monitor weather (such as toothpaste or soap) must be secured from wildlife contact. forecasts and conditions, stay close together with their group, and Bear-proof lockers are provided at all designated campsites in the Winds of 30 to 40 knots with 6 to 12 foot know their limits. park. Where food lockers or closed vessels are not available, hang seas are possible. Severe weather (high winds, rough seas, fog) can set in with Paddling all food and related items in a tree away from the tent and at least little or no warning. Pay close attention Canoes should not be used for travel between the islands. Calm 12 feet from the ground and five feet from the trunk. Do not bury, to the weather and monitor weather days may make canoe use possible along the mainland or island scatter or try to burn food scraps. Bag garbage and pack it out. If forecasts. In fall, warm lake waters shorelines, but weather conditions can change rapidly. Sea kayaks you encounter a bear near a dock, campsite, or picnic area, use intensify storms and strengthen winds, have become very popular for travel among the islands, but may tone of voice and body posture to show you are in charge, yell and making small craft advisories (22-33 be difficult for other boaters to see. Brightly colored kayaks make noise until the bear leaves the area, then report the encounter knots) and gale warnings (34-47 knots) clustered in a group offer greater visibility. A llow plenty of time to park staff. more frequent. Many of the islands to accomplish your intended route. Beginners should not try to are more than five miles from shore, so cover more than ten miles in a day. Inform a friend or relative of boaters should check both the nearshore your travel plans. Kayakers should wear a PFD and use wet suits (within five miles of shore) marine or dry suits when paddling in the Apostles. Paddlers should also forecast and the open waters forecast. pack such items as: a marine radio or cell phone, a first aid kit, extra Marine weather forecasts are broadcast paddle, sunscreen, insect repellent, compass, nautical charts, 50 feet on marine band radio on the following of line, waterproof matches, a headlamp, dry storage containers, channels: and provisions for at least one extra day. Ashland, WI - marine channel 8 - 162.525 MHz Park Falls, WI - marine channel 7 - 162.500 MHz Duluth, MN - marine channel 9 - 162.550 MHz Weather information is available at ranger All food, beverage containers, cooking materials, garbage, etc. stations and visitor centers. NOAA’s must be locked up INSIDE bear-proof food lockers except during National Weather Service forecast office meals. Violations are subject to fines. in Duluth (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ Fires dlh/marine.php) has both nearshore and Campfires must be built within fire receptacles where provided or open waters forecasts for Lake Superior Severe weather can occur with little or no warning. NPS and Coast on the sand beach near the water’s edge, below the vegetation line. as well as weather readings from the Guard vessels provide towing only in emergency situations. Fires are not allowed on beaches at Raspberry Island, at Julian Bay lighthouse at Devils Island. Boating and Presque Isle Bay on Stockton Island, on beaches within 150 feet of campsites where fire receptacles are provided, or in Outer The following precautions and regulations will help make a safe Island camping zone #3 (NW quarter of the island). Beach and trip: camp fires may not be larger than 3 feet in height or diameter. Dead • Do not overload your boat. wood on the ground in forested areas or unvegetated beach areas • Use personal flotation devices (PFDs). Each boat must have a may be collected for firewood. Firewood cannot be carried into, U.S. Coast Guard approved type I, II, or III PFD for each person or between islands in, the national lakeshore. Chain saws cannot on board and one throwable type IV PFD. be operated in the national lakeshore. Before leaving a campfire, • All children under age 13 must wear PFDs while aboard the fire must be extinguished and free of litter with no evidence of recreational vessels underway except when in an enclosed cabin or food remains that could attract wildlife. Fires are not permitted below deck. in portable grills or stoves on docks or topside areas of boats tied • Boat sober. to public docks. Open fires will be prohibited when fire danger is What’s the Weather? • Exhibit anchor lights from sunset to sunrise. high. • Stay at least 100 feet from commercial fishing nets. Avg. Avg. • Be wary of shoal areas and when beaching a boat. NPS and U.S. Pets High/Low Precip. “ Pets must be kept on a leash that is six feet or shorter, and never Coast Guard vessels provide towing only in emergency situations. January 24/8 1.5 • Make sure your boat is equipped with: paddles or oars, fire left unattended. Pet excrement must be immediately collected and extinguisher, spare propeller and shear pin, compass and nautical disposed of in the nearest trash receptacle or buried in a forested February 27/8 0.9 charts, running lights, flashlight, whistle or horn, first-aid kit, area using a small hole dug in soil at least six inches deep at least March 36/16 1.3 radio, an anchor with sufficient line, and a manual bailing device. 200 feet from any trail, campsite, beach, dock or water source. Pets are not allowed in public buildings or on scheduled Apostle Islands April 48/30 2.6 Swimming Cruises trips (except assistance dogs accompanying visually or The average annual water temperature of Lake Superior is about hearing impaired people.) May 58/37 3.8 40 degrees Fahrenheit, but on calm sunny summer days, surface Insects and Ticks June 69/47 4.1 water temperatures in the Apostle Islands’ protected shallow bays Biting insects can be prevalent on the islands from June to can climb into the 70s. There are no lifeguards in the national September. Wearing long pants and long sleeved shirts will provide July 76/54 4.2 lakeshore. Swimming is done at your own risk. Swimming is not some protection from mosquitoes, biting flies, and ticks. Insect allowed within 100 feet of all harbors, public docks, and vessels repellents are helpful. The ticks that transmit Lyme Disease and August 76/56 4.0 secured to docks. Diving or jumping into the lake from the cliffs Ehrlichiosis are found in the park. If you notice a rash, flu-like September 67/48 2.9 at Devils Island, Sand Island, or the mainland sea caves is not symptoms, or pain in the joints following a tick bite, call your permitted. physician. October 57/40 1.7 Hazard Trees Drinking Water November 40/27 2.2 High winds can cause even healthy trees to fall down. Beware of Well water is only available at Little Sand Bay, on Sand Island, and trees with recognizable flaws (leaning or partly uprooted, dead at Presque Isle on Stockton Island. Water from the lake should be December 29/16 1.2 areas, hanging branches) near campsites, docks, outhouses, and boiled for two minutes or filtered through an adequate filter (0.4 picnic areas. Do not linger in areas adjacent to hazard trees, Yearly Avg. 51/32 30.2 microns pore size) before use. This precaution eliminates many especially during high winds. Report any such trees near visitor use organisms including Giardia, a microorganism which causes an Average temperature (degrees F) and areas to park staff as soon as possible. precipitation measured on intestinal disorder.

Around the Archipelago 5 Park News

A mink frog in the Michigan Island lagoon. Monitoring Apostle Islands’ Vital Signs

A new privy was installed near the group campsite The National Park Service Inventory and on in fall 2010. Monitoring (I&M) program works with park staff to do long-term monitoring of critical natural resources known as “vital Become a Junior Ranger signs” to help understand the health of An algae bloom in a lake on Isle Royale. New finger piers are planned for the dock at Little park ecosystems. I&M staff from the The Apostle Islands have stories to tell. Sand Bay. Great Lakes Network office can often be Watch for Algae Blooms in Young visitors can begin to read these found in the Apostle Islands collecting Lake Superior stories and write their own tales of Apostle data on contaminants in bald eagles, water Islands adventure by using the park’s new quality, plant communities, and landscape In mid-July last summer visitors to Meyers Junior Ranger Activity Guide. The booklet disturbance. The contaminants program is Beach and Little Sand Bay were greeted is full of fun activities designed to help kids taking a year off to analyze data that have with a floating yellowish-green mat on Lake of all ages connect with what makes the been collected since 2006, but Network Superior. This algal bloom that contained Apostle Islands special. Ask for the free staff will be in the park for water quality cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) was booklet at any park visitor center or ranger monitoring in the lagoons at Little Sand Bay likely caused by a combination of factors station. The National Park Service also has and on Outer Island and to begin identifying including torrential rains around the west an online Junior Ranger program at www. sites for frog and toad monitoring that will end of the lake and unusually warm lake nps.gov/webrangers. begin in 2014. Once sites are identified, temperatures. Algal blooms like this can automatic recording devices will be put cause health problems for people, pets, and A solid pier will replace this floating finger pier at Little Sand Bay. in place that are set to record the sounds wildlife; reduce water quality; and interfere of calling frogs and toads at set times. with swimming, diving, boating, and fishing These recordings will then be analyzed to activities. Algal blooms may occur again this Dock Projects for 2013 determine what species are in the islands summer. If water is cloudy, looks like green and their relative abundance. paint or pea soup, or has a floating scum Dredging is scheduled to take place in layer or floating clumps, please do NOT: the boat harbors at Little Sand Bay and at To learn more, visit the Great Lakes • swim in or swallow water, Wilderness Privies Presque Isle on Stockton Island early this Network website at http://science.nature. • allow pets to swim in or drink summer. nps.gov/im/units/glkn/. water, This year we’ll be adding some privies • allow children to play in any scum at isolated campsites. These are basic A project is also planned to construct five layer at the shoreline, or accessible stump privies with no outhouse finger piers along the National Park Service • filter water for human surrounding them. They will be screened dock at Little Sand Bay. The piers will be consumption unless it is by vegetation to provide some privacy. 28-foot long solid docks on steel pilings completely clear. The design is familiar to anyone who has driven into the lake bed. The southern-most been to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area pier will be ADA accessible for visitors. We If you encounter an algal bloom while Wilderness. We hope to add these to all anticipate that two of the finger piers will be swimming, be sure to rinse off after leaving single campsites that currently don’t have completed this summer, with the remaining the lake. Please report any algal blooms to access to a privy or outhouse. We plan piers being finished either late this year or park personnel, and share any photos of the to install them at campsites on Rocky, early in 2014. The deck of the existing dock Piping Plovers on Long event. Manitou, and Michigan islands and at the is scheduled to be lowered by one foot in Island mainland campsite this summer. 2014 to adapt existing infrastructure to lower lake levels. Long Island provides the most impor- tant nesting habitat in Wisconsin for the endangered piping plover. The birds build nests with small stones on the beach. Last year four pairs of plovers were seen starting nests on Long Island. Three of these nests with their eggs were washed out by storms. The adults learned from this and started new nests much farther away from the lake’s wrath. One pair nested near the top of a Park fees are funding repairs at the Little Sand Bay visitor center in 2013. dune while another pair selected a site in beach grass near a pile of driftwood that Park partners from UW-Madison and UW Sea Grant Your Fee Dollars at Work plan to install a digital display of real-time wave and protected against the wind. The nests were water temperature data at the Meyers Beach shelter monitored by two employees who made sci- this summer. You might be wondering what the park entific observations of the birds and helped is doing with the money it has collected protect them by educating the public about Real-Time Wave from camping, docking, guided tours, and “Like” us on Facebook their presence. Four known nests suc- Observation System parking. In 2013 more than $45,000 will cessfully produced eight chicks. Late in the be used to mitigate substantial moisture, Do you want to know what is happening in season three more chicks from an unknown The Real-time Wave Observation System mold, and rodent issues at the Little Sand the park right now? Do you have a question nest were also found. This season two (RTWOS) at the mainland sea caves will Bay visitor center. This includes replacing you would like to ask about the Apostle plover monitors will again be working to continue to provide wave heights and damaged floors and ceilings; installing new Islands? Do you want to comment about protect these rare birds. One of the greatest wave pictures this season via the internet insulation; improving ventilation; replacing something happening in the park? This threats plovers face is from uncontrolled at: http://wavesatseacaves.cee.wisc.edu/ rotted siding; structural repairs; replacing can all be done online by visiting the park’s dogs. Monitors will work closely with NPS index.htm. Please check this site for the unsafe wiring; improving drainage; and facebook page at http://www.facebook. rangers and Bad River tribal wardens to latest conditions at the mainland sea caves. sealing openings in the walls, roof and com/apostleislandsnationallakeshore. You make sure visitors are aware that dogs must Rangers stationed at Meyers Beach this foundation. The repairs are scheduled can help us spread the word about current be on a leash while in the park. Visitors can summer will have access to weather and for completion in time to open the visitor conditions in the park and issues that are help by staying out of closed areas, keeping wave condition information. Installation center in mid-June. Fee money also helps important to you. You can also share your dogs on a leash, and reporting sightings of of a digital display at Meyers Beach to allow pay for park staff providing guided tours photos and experiences in the Apostle these rare birds. A video of plovers in the visitors to check conditions before they of the Raspberry Island Lighthouse and Islands. Join the growing group of virtual Apostles can be viewed at http://www.nps. paddle to the sea caves is planned for this working at the information desk at park park visitors on our facebook page. gov/apis/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm summer. headquarters in Bayfield.

6 Around the Archipelago Let the Sunshine In: Keeping Up Cultural Landscapes

Crews began clearing brush from the grounds at Devils Island light from August to October 2012. The brush piles are scheduled to be burned in 2013.

If you’re a home owner, you know the such as chainsaws, mowers, and rotary-head removing smaller quantities joys and sorrows of keeping up a yard: brush cutters, these landscapes demand a of trees and brush at Devils mowing, pruning, weeding flower beds, lot of time and attention. Park maintenance and La Pointe light stations. removing dead trees before they fall on staff and volunteers handle the routine The work at Devils will also something expensive, thinning out crowded mowing and trimming, which is part of the involve the use of the park trees, and cutting brush. Now imagine weekly duties of the volunteer light station firefighting team to burn off that your yard is on a far off Lake Superior keepers. Over time, however, the edges of piles of brush. island. You sure can’t get the neighbor kid the mowed areas have been re-populated Other than the contract to mow it for ten bucks. by woody vegetation and trees, and the light work at Michigan Island, This is part of the challenge for keeping station grounds have grown smaller and the rest of this work is up historic landscapes at Apostle Islands smaller. Today, a visitor might see only half unfunded. Managers are National Lakeshore. The lighthouse or a quarter of the original historic station scrambling to find staff, stations, just six of the many historic grounds. youth crews, volunteers, and properties maintained by the park, total As part of the major light station equipment to get the job over 23 acres of grounds. That’s grass that rehabilitation project (see cover story), the done. We’re applying for needs mowing, and adjoining woodlots National Park Service conducted a study NPS project funds whenever and brushy edges that need periodic of each light station, called a “historic we can. Meanwhile, a “pick cutting, thinning and hazard tree control. structures and cultural landscapes report” up” team of park staff, In fall, 2012, contractors began removing trees on the grounds at The historic light station grounds are (see the full reports at http://www.nps.gov/ with personnel from every Michigan Island light to restore the historic landscape. forest openings that provided lawns, apis/parkmgmt/hlrclr.htm). This provided division, have managed to do much more as they appeared fifty to one gardens, orchards, livestock grazing, and a detailed history of each structure and thinning and brush clearing work on over hundred years ago. Special touches will be most importantly, the cleared areas that landscape feature; down to the level of 6 acres of grounds at Devils and La Pointe provided at Michigan Island light where allowed the light towers to be visible individual walkways, flower beds, and stations, as well as at the historic Hansen historic flower beds and an apple orchard from approaching ships. These clearings fruit trees; with recommendations on Farm on Sand Island. Future landscape will be partially restored. The restored are what park managers call “cultural management for each feature. work at Raspberry, La Pointe, Sand, and landscapes (especially at La Pointe and landscapes”… historic grounds created by The reports provide a vision and a Outer lights is also anticipated. The Friends Michigan lights, and Hansen Farm) will people for various purposes. Preserving plan for each historic light station, as well of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore have also improve sunlight and airflow around these landscapes helps preserve the historic as a pretty big “to-do” list. In 2012, local generously pitched in, contributing a new the historic buildings, reducing moisture in function, look, and feel of our light stations. contractors began removing selected large heavy-duty brush saw for the effort. Thank the structures. Boaters will also be better But as anyone who has ever tried trees covering the light station grounds you Friends! able to appreciate the light stations too. The keeping up an old property can tell you, it’s at Michigan Island, helping to restore The results should be dramatic. Visitors lights will be more visible from the lake, as not an easy job. Even with modern tools that landscape. Meanwhile, park staff is will be able to see the light station grounds they were historically designed to be...... New Campsites Available on Four Islands Overnight camping is a popular activity among visitors to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. There are 64 campsites located on 15 islands and the mainland unit of the park. In 2012, camping permits were issued to more than 14,000 campers. Monitoring, maintaining and improving facilities associated with camping are ongoing efforts. In the past year, campsites on Ironwood Island and Outer Island have been relocated, a new campsite has been established on Long Island, and a new group campsite has been created on . On Ironwood Island, the campsite was moved from the west to the east side of the sandspit to a more stable and much nicer location for campers. Moving the campsite was part of a bigger project to protect the sandspit. The relocated campsite on Ironwood Island (left above) features three new tent pads. A new group campsite has been established on Rocky Island (right above). Over the years, historic and current use of the sandspit trampled and killed many plants, trees behind the beach on the east side of the to protecting the tent area from strong winds about a quarter mile north of the public dock creating large areas of bare sand. Without dune sandspit, a few hundred yards north of the and creating an eating area with an amazing on the east side of the island. A small beach plants to hold sandy soils together, the sand original campsite. The new campsite has an view and nice breeze, this also keeps any food provides an adequate landing for paddlers. The erodes away. Bare areas were stabilized with eating area near the shore to take advantage of smells a good distance from the sleeping area, site includes picnic tables, a bear proof locker, a over 15,000 native plants, thanks to funding lake breezes and provide an incredible view and minimizing problems with bears. The campsite fire ring, and a vault toilet located nearby. from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Tent a tent area tucked back from the shore where has a bear proof locker, picnic table, and fire Efforts will continue in 2013 to finish pads, a floating boardwalk, and a stump privy it is more protected from strong winds. In late ring. A stump privy has been installed in a installing stump privies at campsites that do were installed to improve the relocated campsite summer of 2012, the bear proof locker and fire secluded spot just to the north of the trail that not have close access to vault toilets. Planning for visitors and to protect fragile plants, erodible ring were relocated to this new site and a stump connects the eating and tent areas. efforts are also progressing to identify potential soil and cultural resources. privy was installed nearby. A new group campsite for parties of eight new campsites on Sand Island and the Several years ago, winter storms broke A new campsite has been established on to twenty-one campers has been established mainland. Much work remains to improve the through the dune of sand separating the Long Island about one-half mile southeast of on Rocky Island. This provides a group site standards of all the park’s camping facilities, but campsite on the south end of Outer Island the La Pointe light station on the north side of at a strategic location in the center of the progress is being made. Ask park staff or check from the beach. Not only did the sand bury the island. Similar to Outer Island, the Long islands. The new “Rocky Site A” was created by the campsite directory on the park’s website several amenities at the campsite, but the site Island campsite has separate eating and tent merging two very low use individual campsites http://www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/campsite- was exposed to any wind and waves from the areas. On Long, the areas are connected by a (formerly Rocky Sites 6 and 7) that were directory.htm if you have any questions about east. Park staff identified a flat area in the short trail and marked with a post. In addition adjacent to one another. The site is located the location of campsites or facilities in the park.

Around the Archipelago 7 A Walk on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Beach...

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8 Around the Archipelago