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June 13, 2005, Monday, BC cycle

Upper Peninsula Briefs HOUGHTON, Mich.

Mining companies are searching for mineral deposits in several Upper Peninsula coun- ties.

Kennecott Minerals Co. is seeking nickel and copper in Marquette County and the Yellow Dog Plains, as well as looking for mineral deposits in Baraga County and surrounding areas.

Jon Cherry, the company's manager of environmental and government affairs told The Daily Mining Gazette that Kennecott hasn't found anything in Baraga, Houghton or Onto- nagon counties, an area he described as mineral-rich.

Michigan Tech geological engineering professor Ted Bornhorst said other companies are looking as well. He said there hasn't been any drilling activity in Keweenaw County.

Both Cherry and Bornhorst said that even if a discovery is made, it could take years for mining to start.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - State wildlife officials say the Marquette moose has va- moosed.

The yearling cow moose, first spotted in the area over Memorial Day weekend, hasn't been seen in more than a week.

Following its entrance, the moose took up residence in the Park Cemetery and made daily appearances in the three lily ponds at the 119-acre cemetery.

"Aquatic plants are real high in protein this time of year and she had a good deal going for her," moose expert Rolf Peterson told The Mining Journal. "Cows are pretty laid back and it sounds like she was exhibiting normal moose behavior, but it's a better situation for everyone involved for her out in the wild."

The constant interest from curiosity seekers and a decline in lily pads likely led the moose to move on, officials said.

On Wednesday, state and city officials went in search of the moose, but couldn't find it.

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June 12, 2005 Sunday EST EDITION Florida: FEATURES; BRIEF; Pg. 9

Whichever face it shows, the wilderness is beguiling

BETH GAUPER "Moose can't tolerate tempera- For many, moose are the mar- Knight Ridder Newspapers tures much above 55 degrees," quee attraction on , a ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK Newman had said during an eve- 45-mile-long land mass sur- ning program. "They have no way rounded by tiny islands. When it rains on Isle Royale, you to sweat, so they need to cool just have to soak it up. their bodies off." Around 1900, moose migrated from Minnesota and were free of Moisture comes with the territory I looked up, and there was a cow predators for nearly 50 years, in Lake Superior's northern with her calf, browsing in bushes until Lake Superior froze and a reaches. No one comes here for just off the trail. I'd once held a pair of wolves scampered over. the weather, despite early adver- moose hoof - a lethal weapon Now, the populations of predator tising that called it a "Summer- that, when kicked, connects at and prey seesaw back and forth, time 'Bermuda' Paradise." head level - so I froze and studied and documented by re- counted to two minutes, suppos- searchers from Bermuda it's not. But paradise? It edly a moose's attention span. Technological University in depends on how you look at it. Houghton since 1958. "Stay still and hope she forgets On the trails, I noticed, the driz- you," Newman had said. "She This spring, there are 30 wolves zle made colors pop from their knows you're something, just not on the island, a 25-year high, and glistening green backdrop - the what. If you wait a few minutes, 540 moose, down from 750 last orange flesh of a toppled cedar, she'll think, 'Hmm, that plant year and the fewest since 1997, the red and white of baneberry, looks good.'" after a die-off that reduced the the blue of a bead lily. herd from 2,400 only two years I got the sense that Mama knew I before. The skies were gray out on was there and didn't care, but the Scoville Point, but the air felt as calf gave me the big hairy eye- Lately, everything has conspired soft as a shawl. Underfoot, the ball. When I moved a little closer against the moose: winter ticks, rock pulsated with life, like a and took a few photos, it bolted a which latch on by the tens of coral reef. The closer I looked, few yards, then settled down thousands, weakening the the more I saw - water bugs skit- when its mother just kept eating. moose through blood loss and by tering on tiny ponds, lichen distracting them from eating; lots clinging to fissures, harebells Behind me, Kathy LaFontain of of snow, which restricts their swinging in the breeze. Toledo, Ohio, crept up the trail ability to feed and protect them- and watched, too. But she hadn't selves; fewer balsam firs, their Each square foot was lovely, a brought her camera, and after a preferred food; and a warmer veritable riot of life. Still, the few minutes, she dashed away to climate, which stresses the smaller life forms are not what fetch it and her friend. shaggy 1,000-pound animals and most people come to see on Isle stops them from eating as much Royale National Park. But the moose didn't wait. Mother food as they need to survive the and calf were on a mission, winter. "'Where can I see a moose?' - steadily eating their way from one that's what they all want to side of the trail to the other, put- Even so, Isle Royale is one of the know," said ranger Valerie New- ting on fat for winter. LaFontain best places in the world to see man. returned only to see their back- one. sides disappearing into thick I'd made peace with the rain by woods. As I hiked along, I was joined by the third day of my August visit. Elliot Stephens and Sarah Kidnie Heading along Trail "They're so big and clumsy and of Clinton Township, Mich., who in the cool drizzle, I thought lummoxy, and then they move said they'd seen moose four about who would like this kind of away without making a sound," times, twice at the Rock Harbor weather. she said admiringly. campground.

CompetitivEdge 1-888-881-EDGE www.clipresearch.com Electronic Clipping The two college students said And once there, a visitor may be a boardwalk over a bog, I found a they'd planned to backpack, but subject to savage weather in purple-fringed orchid, one of 32 when they hoisted their 80-pound "hypothermia country," as former varieties there. Farther up, New- packs, filled with $200 worth of ranger Nevada Barr put it in her man pointed to the old man's deli food and a daily change of mystery novel "A Superior beard lichen that clung to the clothes, they changed their Death." lower branches of a dying tree minds. and asked if we knew why that When I was there in early August, should bring a smile to our faces. "We picked up our packs, walked peak season, I was prohibited to the first campsite and said, from using the canoe that came "It tells you you're breathing 'This looks fine,'" Stephens said with my cottage, even in calm some of the cleanest air on the ruefully. Tobin Harbor, because of high planet," she said. winds on the lake. The nature Ironically, busy Rock Harbor may walks, sightseeing cruises and In a meadow, Newman said, ar- be the best place to see wildlife in hiking shuttles I'd planned to chaeologists had found traces of summer. The moose know wolves take were canceled because of copper mining from 4,500 years avoid people, so they hang out wind and rain. ago. And even we could see nearby. And red foxes know signs of a more recent attempt - where there are people, there's But I got to hear two evening pro- the meadow had been burned, food. grams, one given by the two art- which stripped off vegetation and ists in residence, and I had two heated rock outcroppings; min- "We were cooking some shrimp, fine dinners in the restaurant. ers then poured on cold lake wa- and four foxes came up," Ste- When I could get out and explore, ter, which fractured the rock and phens said. "They were circling the inclement weather made me revealed veins of copper. around, and I thought they were hunker down and really look at going to try to take us down." the little things - and on Isle Roy- Like the Keweenaw Peninsula, ale in particular, God is in the Isle Royale yielded up its copper. We took shelter from the rain for details. But despite many attempts, the a while in Suzy's Cave, named for isolated mines never made much Suzy Tooker, an island girl who And then, on my last day, the sun money. liked to play there. Then, I came out. headed back on the Tobin Harbor "That great big lake out there led Trail, stopping to admire the ex- Suddenly, the island sprang into to the end of the mining eras," travagant flora: curtains of moss, action. At 9 a.m., I hopped on the Newman said. clusters of pearly everlasting, M.V. Sandy excursion boat for the waxy pink petals of the pip- the twice-weekly guided trip to Loggers tried to extract money, sissewa or "prince's pine." Lookout Louise, named for an- too. Logging wasn't attempted on other of the island's adventurous a large scale until 1935, when the It was the middle of the after- little girls. Mead Co. built a camp on Siskiwit noon, and I began to pass tarp- Bay; only a year later, its slash draped backpackers, fresh off Soon, we rounded Scoville Point, piles fed a forest fire that burned the ferry. The light rain wasn't where some of the island's last more than 26,000 acres, a fifth of enough to explain their dejected residents still spend summers. the island. It spurred faster ac- demeanor, and later I heard why: After the island became a na- tion to create the national park, Nearly all of them had become ill tional park in 1940, residents and which had been authorized in in 9- to 10-foot waves that had their children were given a lease 1931. kicked up soon after they'd left for life; a dozen cabins remain, Copper Harbor. When I reached as do traces of the fisheries, At Lookout Louise, we all admired the harbor, I saw a deckhand copper mines and resorts that the view of the archipelago be- wielding a giant hose on the once flourished. low, mirrored by an armada of decks of the Ranger III from clouds lined up in the sky, and Houghton, whose passengers On the other side of Tobin Har- the Ontario mainland in the dis- had suffered the same fate. bor, the captain dropped us off, tance. Then, everyone else went and we started climbing up the back to the boat, and I headed You have to really want to be on ridge, passing Hidden Lake. off down the 42-mile Greenstone Isle Royale, because it's not Moose often come to the lake to Ridge Trail, which winds down the fast, cheap or always pleasant to lick sodium deposits, said ranger spine of the 9-mile-wide island. get there. Yellowstone gets more Newman, pointing to a much- people in one day than Isle Roy- nibbled balsam she said looked It was as close to heaven as a ale gets in a year; of all the na- "worse than a Charlie Brown person can get on Isle Royale. tional parks, it gets the fewest Christmas tree." Swiveling my head to take in visitors, about 15,000 annually. views on both sides, I soaked up The short hike was a microcosm the sun and helped myself to of the island's many faces. Along handfuls of ripe raspberries and a

CompetitivEdge 1-888-881-EDGE www.clipresearch.com Electronic Clipping few thimbleberries, whose volup- WHEN TO GO:July and August can be obtained at the ranger tuous bushes crowded the trail. It are peak months. The park is stations on the island. Use is would have been a bear's open from April 16 to Oct. 31, but first-come, first-served; in peak heaven, too, except there aren't spring and fall can be harsh. season, there's often competi- any bears on Isle Royale. Black flies can be annoying in tion for the shelters. June. By the time I reached the Mount Waterbuses will take campers to Franklin overlook, five scenic ACCOMMODATIONS:In fine other points, $12-$20. miles and two hours later, I'd weather, camping is the way to seen only one party of hikers and go on Isle Royale. Unfortunately, DINING: Rock Harbor restaurant a lone canoe, sitting on the trail. it's often cold, rainy and windy on serves pretty good food, with It was another two miles down to the island, and then visitors are such entrees as fresh lake trout Three Mile Campground, and glad to have a room or cottage, and pork chops with wild- three miles along Tobin Harbor to despite the high prices and lack blueberry glaze. Breakfast is Rock Harbor, where I had to of charm. $12, $8 for children; lunch is $15 catch the ferry back to Copper and $9; and a multicourse dinner Harbor. Rock Harbor Lodge is run by a is $27 and $18. The Greenstone concessionaire called Forever Grill serves burgers, pizza and Rain had been fine - but on Isle Resorts; (906) 337-4993, snacks. Royale, blue skies are even bet- www.rockharborlodge.com ter. If you go FEES: There's a daily user fee of In peak season, July 15-Aug. 15, $4 for everyone 12 and older. WHAT TO KNOW:Despite the motel rooms are $212 for two, French origins of its name, given $49 each additional person, $15 SIGHTSEEING:From Rock Har- by fur traders to honor Louis XIV, for children younger than 12. Off- bor, the M.V. Sandy offers sight- the island is pronounced ROY-al. season rates, June 7-July 14 and seeing cruises as well as cruises Aug. 16-Sept. 10, are $170, $40 that include visits to such sites The park newspaper, the Green- and $12. With three meals a day, as the Minong Mine, Edisen Fish- stone, is very helpful in planning rooms for two during peak are ery, Passage Island and Rock trips. Call (906) 482-0984 for a $319, $106 and $51; off-peak, Harbor Lighthouse, $30-$35. copy. they're $276, $96 and $47. From Rock Harbor and Windigo Weather can thwart plans, espe- In peak season, housekeeping visitors' centers, rangers lead cially for canoers and kayakers, cottages are $206 for two, $43 hikes and give programs on natu- so have a backup plan. Those for each additional person. In off- ral and cultural history; check staying in a cottage or motel season, May 27-July 14 and Aug. upon arrival. room should make lodging and 16-Sept. 10, rates are $165 and ferry reservations at the same $34. INFORMATION: (906) 482-0984, time, since one or the other may www.nps.gov/isro sell out on a particular day. CAMPING:Permits for tent sites at 36 campgrounds and 88 HeraldToday.com Sunday, June screened, three-sided shelters 12, 2005

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June 11, 2005 Saturday North Dakota

Whichever face it shows, the Lake Superior wilderness is beguiling

By Beth Gauper Knight Ridder Newspapers I'd made peace with the rain by the third ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK day of my August visit. Heading along Rock Harbor Trail in the cool drizzle, I thought When it rains on Isle Royale, you just have about who would like this kind of weather. to soak it up. "Moose can't tolerate temperatures much Moisture comes with the territory in Lake above 55 degrees," Newman had said dur- Superior's northern reaches. No one comes ing an evening program. "They have no way here for the weather, despite early adver- to sweat, so they need to cool their bodies tising that called it a "Summertime 'Ber- off." muda' Paradise." For many, moose are the marquee attrac- Bermuda it's not. But paradise? It depends tion on Isle Royale, a 45-mile-long land on how you look at it. mass surrounded by tiny islands.

On the trails, I noticed, the drizzle made Around 1900, moose migrated from Min- colors pop from their glistening green nesota and were free of predators for backdrop - the orange flesh of a toppled nearly 50 years, until Lake Superior cedar, the red and white of baneberry, the froze and a pair of wolves scampered over. blue of a bead lily. Now, the populations of predator and prey seesaw back and forth, studied and docu- The skies were gray out on Scoville Point, mented by researchers from Michigan but the air felt as soft as a shawl. Under- Technological University in Houghton foot, the rock pulsated with life, like a since 1958. coral reef. The closer I looked, the more I saw - water bugs skittering on tiny ponds, This spring, there are 30 wolves on the lichen clinging to fissures, harebells island, a 25-year high, and 540 moose, swinging in the breeze. down from 750 last year and the fewest since 1997, after a die-off that reduced Each square foot was lovely, a veritable the herd from 2,400 only two years be- riot of life. Still, the smaller life forms fore. are not what most people come to see on Isle Royale National Park. Even so, Isle Royale is one of the best places in the world to see one. " 'Where can I see a moose?' - that's what they all want to know," said ranger Valerie Newman.

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June 8, 2005 Wednesday LOCAL/STATE; Pg. 3B

Aldermen call for end to Living Bridge debate

By Jim Kneiszel, However, almost all of the aldermen were [email protected] clear in saying they don't want the city to take ownership of the bridge when the new De Pere group didn't come forward with four-lane span is built just to the south information beginning next year. Even City Council members inclined to favor saving the DE PERE -- A number of aldermen called bridge drew the line at putting a lot of city for the end of debate of the De Pere Living money into the project. Bridge on Tuesday when members of a bridge preservation organization didn't The Wisconsin Department of Transporta- come forward with promised opinions tion has said it would cost about $4.6 mil- from bridge engineering experts. lion dollars to restore the bridge for pe- destrian use. The Living Bridge Committee Alderman Jerome "Pudge" Daanen argued has called that estimate "absurd" and the city doesn't have the money to support pledged to seek other expert opinions. The further bridge studies and said the Claude group expected to share expert informa- Allouez Bridge isn't a historically signifi- tion Tuesday, but Alderman Mike Fleck cant bridge. reported the group needed more time.

"This is going to cost the taxpayers money Resident Clarice Jarock implored the somewhere down the line. I'm really op- council to give the bridge committee time. posed to all this stuff," Daanen said. Join- She said the De Pere leaders seem anxious ing Daanen in holding out little hope for to tear the bridge down while Green Bay the project were Donald Thyes, Michael officials are looking for ways to recapture Donovan and Jim Hooyman. the feel of that city's historic downtown.

In the end, aldermen voted to allow the "Don't rush to judgment. I can't imagine nonprofit Living Bridge Committee more why we would have to hurry up," she said time to bring in engineering experts from of aldermen who wanted to kill any hope Michigan Tech and Marquette Univer- for the project. sity, among others, to assess the feasibil- ity of restoring the bridge as a pedestrian The city has until this fall to decide the and bike path. fate of the Claude Allouez Bridge and al- dermen said they would like the issue re- solved by late summer.

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