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National Park Service Apostle Islands National Lakeshore U.S. Department of the Interior The official newspaper - 2016 Around the Archipelago Centennial Events The National Park Service Turns 100 at Apostle Islands IT WAS KIND OF A ROCKY START. IN THE 44 YEARS National Lakeshore following the establishment of Yellowstone as the world’s first “national park” in 1872, the United States authorized 34 additional Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has national parks and monuments, but no single agency provided planned a number of special events to unified management of the varied federal park lands. celebrate the NPS Centennial including: On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature creating the National Park Service (NPS), a new federal bureau in Festival. May 19-21. The 10th annual the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 festival will include numerous guided trips national parks and monuments then managed by the department in the park and a keynote presentation on and those yet to be established. This “Organic Act” states that the NPS Centennial by assistant chief of “the Service thus established shall promote and regulate the use interpretation Neil Howk. of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments and Mural Dedication in Ashland. June reservations…by such means and measures as…to conserve the 25th at 11 am. A permanent, outdoor, scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein public mural celebrating the Apostle Islands and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and National Lakeshore will be completed and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of dedicated in a public ceremony in the park’s future generations.” newest gateway community of Ashland, WI. This is a partnership of the NPS, the Friends August 25, 2016 is the centennial anniversary of the National of the Apostle Islands, the city of Ashland, Park Service. Our first hundred years have seen many challenges, and the Ashland Mural Walk Project (www. changes, and accomplishments. The NPS is pulling out all the visitashland.com/murals). stops to honor its history, but also set the stage for preserving and managing the national park system in the future. Our goal for the National Park Service Trivia Contest: Battle of the Gateway Communities. July centennial is to “connect with and create the next generation of park Top: Fourth graders from the Bayfield School show off their new “Every Kid in a Park” passes providing free access to national parks for the 2015-16 school year. 4 at 7 pm at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor visitors, supporters and advocates.” Bottom: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore celebrates the NPS Centennial in the Center in Ashland. Cheer on two teams of Bayfiield Apple Festival parade. representatives from local communities as waters in person throughout the 2015-2016 school year. All kids in One way we are celebrating the centennial is with Find Your Park they test their knowledge of the National (www.findyourpark.com), a public awareness and education the fourth grade now have access to their own Every Kid in a Park Park system. campaign to reintroduce the NPS to all Americans. Find Your Park pass at www.everykidinapark.gov. This pass provides free access to encourages people to find their own personal connections within national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and more! World Ranger Day. July 31st. Apostle the network of national parks and public lands, whether it’s a local Islands National Lakeshore will show the park or one of the “crown jewel” national parks. All the parks in the system are also planning special events to film “Thin Green Line” at the Bayfield visitor celebrate the centennial. Review the sidebar on this page to see center. The film shines light on worldwide In September 2015, the President launched the Every Kid in a Park what is planned at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore this year. conservation efforts. A wayside exhibit initiative to provide an opportunity for every 4th grade student The work of leaving the parks unimpaired for the enjoyment of about the dedication and sacrifice of the word’s rangers dedicated at the 8th World across the country to experience their federal public lands and future generations is an ongoing task…and we’ve just gotten started. Ranger Congress in May will be unveiled on 2 Summer Info 3 Exploring... 4 Park News the grounds of the Visitor Center. Bayfield Apple Festival. October 7-9. The NPS Centennial is the theme of the 2016 Apple Festival. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will staff a booth during the festival and prepare entries for the venetian boat parade and the Apple Fest parade. What am I? National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wisconsin’s northernmost landscape meets Lake Superior in the Apostle Islands archipelago. The area’s scenic, historical, biological, and recreational values were recognized in 1970 when Fees Change in 2016 Congress named 20 of the 22 islands and 2,500 acres of the Bayfield peninsula as a national lakeshore. In 1986, Long Island FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE PUBLIC Boats 40 feet or more: $30 Camping is available on 19 of the was also included. The Gaylord Nelson input, changes to recreational fees at Parking lakeshore’s 21 islands and at one Wilderness, including 33,500 acres of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Meyers Beach day use, vehicle campsite on the mainland. Permits lakeshore, was established in 2004. The went into effect January 1, 2016. Most less than 20’ (including trailer): $5 are required for all camping in the Ashland Harbor Light was added in 2015. of the fee revenue collected at Apostle Meyers Beach day use, national lakeshore. To make camping Islands National Lakeshore stays in the vehicle 20’ or more: $8 reservations on-line, go to Superintendent park and is used for critical and highly Meyers Beach annual parking pass www.recreation.gov, and search for Bob Krumenaker visible projects to benefit the public (cost based on vehicle length): $25-40 “Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Camping Permits”. To make Mailing Address and to provide additional services Bayfield Headquarters overnight needed during ice cave events. or special event: $10 reservations by phone, call 877-444- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 6777 between 9 am and 9 pm (Central 415 Washington Avenue Guided tours/interpretive programs Time), or for help planning a trip, call Bayfield, WI 54814 Park Fees Per child: $3 Camping Per adult: $5 715-779-3397 ext. 1 between 8 am and Phone/Website/Email Camping reservation fee $10/trip Per immediate family: $10 4:30 pm (Central Time). (715)779-3397 Individual site or zone: $15/night www.nps.gov/apis/ Group site: $30/night Make camping The Golden Age Passport or [email protected] Docking (between 6 pm and 6 am) reservations on-line at Interagency Senior Pass (for U.S. (800) 877-8339 TTY (Calls are relayed Boats less than 40 feet: $15 www.recreation.gov. citizens 62 or older) and Golden Access using specially trained assistants.) Passport or Interagency Access Pass (for permanently disabled U.S. citizens) Facebook provide a 50% discount on camping, http://www.facebook.com/ docking, parking and guided tours at apostleislandsnationallakeshore Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The National Park Service cares Far left: User fees are charged for docking at for the special places saved by the park docks for more than 30 minutes between American people so that all may 6 pm and 6 am. experience our heritage. Near left: Fees are also charged for guided tours like at the Raspberry Island Lighthouse. Planning a Visit / Essential Information Headquarters Visitor Center Firearms Open Mon-Fri 8 am to 4:30 pm, May 2-May 27 Federal law allows people who can legally possess firearms under federal, Wisconsin, and local Open Daily 8 am to 4:30 pm, May 28-Sept. 30 laws to possess firearms in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. It is the visitor’s responsibility to October 1-May, 2017 (call or go to https://www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/hours.htm to determine understand and comply with all applicable firearms laws. Federal law prohibits firearms in certain availability) facilities in this park; those places are posted with signs at public entrances. Little Sand Bay Visitor Center Open Daily 9 am to 5 pm, June 18-Sept. 5 (as staff is available) Fishing and Hunting A Wisconsin fishing license with a Great Lakes trout and salmon stamp is required for fishermen Sailing and Boating 16 or older. Sport fishermen are drawn to the Apostle Islands region by the opportunities to The Apostle Islands offer outstanding boating opportunities. Public docks are found on 13 of the catch lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and coho salmon. Emergency restrictions were islands in the national lakeshore. Space is reserved at some docks for National Park Service (NPS) implemented in 2008 to prevent the spread of the deadly VHS virus. More information is available vessels and excursion boats. The remaining space is available to the public on a first come, first on our website at www.nps.gov/apis/planyourvisit/fishing.htm served basis. A fee is charged to dock for more than 30 minutes between 6 pm and 6 am (see fee chart at the top of the page). Public boat launches (non-NPS) are located in Ashland, Bayfield, Hunting activity may occur in the national lakeshore from September (after Labor Day) through Cornucopia, Little Sand Bay, Red Cliff, and Washburn. The cost is $12/launch in Bayfield, $6/ May 15. Archery hunts for island deer run from mid-September to the end of September and from launch at Little Sand Bay, $5/launch at Red Cliff.