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W i s c o n s i n ’ s G R E A T L A K E s !2017 2018 cALEndARWisconsin dEpARTmEnT of nATuRAL REsouRcEs

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People across Wisconsin are working to take care of our Great Lakes — Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. There are many ways people are pitching in. Doers are the boots-on-the-ground folks involved in cleaning up beaches, removing invasive plants, monitoring water quality and other activities. Donors financially support projects by providing money or organizing fundraisers. Individuals, organizations and government agencies can serve as donors. Finally, practitioners work on a day-to-day basis steering government agencies, research institutions and stakeholder groups involved in stewardship activities. Together, these three groups of stewards work to protect and restore our natural world.

Stewards from throughout our Great Lakes basin submitted photos and descriptions of important protection and restoration projects on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Their stories — and other Great Lakes writings — are featured in this year’s calendar. We hope that this calendar will remind us that we can all be good stewards of Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and their tributaries, wetlands, beaches and rocky shorelines, and the plants and animals they support.

WISCONSIN’S GREAT LAKES! Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Office of Great WatersPhoto by KELLY JOHNSON

Around Home:• Choose less harmful

household and yard products and use them carefully.

• Fix leaking toilets, sinks or outdoor spigots. dnr.wi.gov (Search: Fix a Leak)

• Safely dispose of pharmaceuticals and personal care products. dnr.wi.gov (Search: Pharmaceuticals)

When Boating:• Use absorbent pads to catch

oil and gas drips.• Scrub decks with water and

a brush and avoid heavy cleaners.

• Remove aquatic plants, animals and mud from your boat and dispose of leftover bait in the trash.

W i s c o n s i n ’ s G R E A T L A K E s !

When Travelling:• Reuse hotel towels and

sheets to conserve water.• Stay on marked trails when

hiking or biking.• Use refillable water bottles

when possible.

By the Water:• Check the beach

conditions website for current water quality information before going to the beach. www.wibeaches.us

• Clean up after your dog.• Use swim diapers for

children who are not yet toilet trained.

Volunteer for a Great Lakes or other environmental stewardship project. dnr.wi.gov (Search: Volunteer)

Be a Great Lakes steward

COVER PHOTO: “Lovin the Door” By JOHN CARDAMONEEllison Bay, WI

The DNR’s Office of Great Lakes has become the Office of Great Waters and now includes the Mississippi River! With that change, we invite you to submit photos of (and writings about) the mighty Missisippi as well as Lake Michigan and Lake Superior for the 2018 photo contest. We’re looking for beautiful shorelines and river fronts, people enjoying the lakes and river, cultural and historical aspects of these waters, and people involved in stewardship activities. Winning photos will be used in the 2018-2019 Wisconsin’s Great Waters calendar and in other DNR publications, presentations, websites and displays. Photo submission deadline is February 1, 2018. Photos of all seasons are needed!

Entry Categories (limit three photo entries per individual):

1. People enjoying Wisconsin’s Great Waters. Great Lakes and Mississippi River. Images of people fishing, canoeing, house boating, sailing, playing on the beach, etc.

2. Natural features and wildlife. Great Lakes and Mississippi River waters and shorelines, fish, birds and other wildlife.

3. Historical and cultural features. Lighthouses, harbor towns and river towns, festivals, etc.

4. Great Waters Stewardship. Show us how you, your agency/organization or a local group is protecting, enhancing or restoring the shore, backwaters, wetlands or beaches of Lake Michigan, Lake Superior or the Mississippi River. Send us a photo of your work and a brief (up to 180 words) description of the partners involved, your funding source and what you hope to accomplish.

Rules and instructions: 1. The contest is open to everyone. Photos must be submitted electronically. 2. Attach each photo (jpeg format) to a separate email. In each email, please include the photo title, where in

Wisconsin the photo was taken, the entry category, your name, email address, mailing address and phone number. Please note that our email addresses have changed.

3. Photos must be high resolution (maximum file size 11MB), horizontal in orientation, and taken in Wisconsin, with some exceptions for the Duluth/Superior harbor and Menominee River area. Photo editing is OK!

4. The Wisconsin DNR reserves the right to use an electronic or print copy of any image entered in the contest for non-commercial educational or promotional use with credit to the photographer. For example, photos may be used for DNR displays, slide shows, videos, publications and website.

Judging: Photos will be judged by a panel of Wisconsin DNR staff. Criteria for judging will include creativity, visual and technical merit, and composition.

Awards and Prizes: Winning photographs will be included in the 2018-2019 Wisconsin’s Great Waters calendar and featured on the DNR website. Winning photographers will be contacted by mail, phone or email and will receive the calendar by mail.

Email photos and entry information to: [email protected].

“WiSCONSiN’S GREAT WATERS – GREAT LAKES AND MiSSiSSiPPi RivER” WRiTiNG PROJECTIs your talent writing? Send us your original Great Waters quote, essay, poem, song or rap. Help get the word out about how great Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River are. Share your favorite writings with us and you may find your words on our website, calendar, publications and displays! (All authors will be credited.) Deadline February 1, 2018.

Email writings to: [email protected].

Thanks to everyone who submitted Stewardship photos and writings! We work hand-in-hand with many partners to protect and restore Lake Michigan and Lake Superior and the many species that depend on them. These great resources contribute much to our quality of life. I am proud of all of the good stewards who work hard to take care of our Great Lakes.- Cathy Stepp, DNR Secretary

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Lake Michigan and Lake Superior have so much to offer. And in order to reap their economic, recreational, and environmental benefits, we have to make protecting and restoring them a top priority. The sidebars of the 2017 calendar highlight just a few of the many ways people across Wisconsin are involved in the effort to care for our Great Lakes. I applaud our Great Lakes advocates for their important work and look forward to our continued partnership to protect our valuable natural resources.- Governor Scott Walker

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This calendar showcases images from our 2017 photo contest, descriptions of protection and restoration projects submitted by Great Lakes stewards statewide, and writings submitted by Wisconsin authors. As these photos and writings clearly show, the Great Lakes are among Wisconsin’s most scenic and beloved natural resources.

Thank you to all 2017 photographers and authors for sharing your talent with us!

Visit the Office of the Great Lakes website to see more photos and writing submissions dnr.wi.gov (Search: Photo and Writing Submissions).

“WiSCONSiN’S GREAT WATERS – GREAT LAKES AND MiSSiSSiPPi RivER” 2018 PHOTO CONTEST

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

Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown

Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown

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Lake Michigan Stones By MARiLYN ZELKE-WiNDAu

They are there in abundance —the round cornered, the irregular,the stippled, the large, the heavy,the thin, the lightweights.

On the shores of Lake Michigan,rocks are abundant.Campers come, toss, hurl, lose their night dreams before breakfast.

Locals drive the winding park roads,watch for deer in the brush,eagles overhead swoopingextended talons.

The lake is quiet this morning.Soft, it laps the shoreline.Like a child, it pulls its blanketup to chin, turns over in a waveof dream, shoulders the weightof wait til morning.

Stones wait as well.They long for the plunge,for the skip, for the fun of flying.

ABOVE: “Fury” By PAuL SCHuLTZ Milwaukee, WI

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Pike River Restoration By TONY BEYER Village of Mount Pleasant

The Mount Pleasant Storm Water Drainage Utility District is continuing its multi-year, multi-phase project to restore the riverine environment along the Pike River within the Village limits. The project is divided into 9 phases and includes roughly 5.2 miles of the Pike River within a 17 square mile drainage basin. To date, roughly 450 acres of land have been purchased by and donated to the District within the river corridor.

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

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

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ABOVE: “Welcome to Cornucopia” By TRACY BRuNNER Cornucopia, WI

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Veteran’s Day

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Midnight Plankton Tow By CHRiSTOPHER SuCHOCKi Graduate Research Assistant

This photo was taken through the porthole of the R/V Neeskay, the research vessel of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences during a 12-hour cruise on Lake Michigan. This cruise in particular was led by Drs. Carmen Aguilar and Russel Cuhel. Dr. Cuhel and Dr. Aguilar’s research consists partly of a long-term time series study on Lake Michigan. They are investigating the changes in Lake Michigan’s zooplankton and phytoplankton communities as well as changing nutrient dynamics due to climate change and the introduction of invasive species such as zebra and quagga mussels and round gobies. Brandon Gross, the laboratory technician in the photo, is pulling in a plankton net that the crew had towed to take a sample of the zooplankton community.

Ongoing monitoring provides critical data to detect changes in aquatic ecosystems and helps determine best management practices for the Great Lakes.

ABOVE: “Midnight Plankton Tow” Off Fox Point, WI By CHRiSTOPHER SuCHOCKi1st Place – Stewardship

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ABOVE: “The Stewart J. Cort” By SCOTT PEARSON 2nd Place – Cultural & Historical Features Superior, WI

Sheboygan’s Winter Ducks By MARiLYN ZELKE-WiNDAu

Mallards and their feather-brown mates waddleover parking lot gravel, over beach stoneto the rim of the shore.We in our cars watch them watch us,turn from us, look back,hopeful for bread bits, cracker crumbs, popcorn.

It’s winter at the Sheboygan shore road turnout.We, the noontime meditators, park thereat lunchtime, at break time.We gaze at the steam, the grey waters,the fuzzied horizon out far.

A brave few press window buttons downto hear spray explode on rocks,to listen to the ruffled, muffled finalityof water waves.

Frost forms calligraphy on sand.The ducks peck and poke the white script,prance and pilfer before plunging in.

Their breath rises plume cold.We breathe in, exhale outauto-warm, colorless air.They extend wings in exultation,twitch tails, submerge for fun.

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Remember to submit your best Great Waters photos and writings! See information on the first pages of this calendar. The deadline is February 1, 2018.


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ABOVE: “Crystal Canopy” By MASON MORRiS 1st Place – Natural Features and Wildlife Port Washington, WI

Wisconsin’s inland Seas By PATRiCiA WiLLiAMS

Ice cover, born before December, varies year to year.Gaunt-faced pines, cloaked in snow,fringe the water’s edge – survive timeand January-to-February weather.

Winter, spent by March, makes way for April, a pared down landscape blooms – birds, elegantly feathered, return. May waters begin to warm, activate the season.

Powdered clouds ascend in June – a mirrored moon floats at night, visible but untouchable.Skies burst with falling stars, sparklers for July – heat relieved by sailing August waters. Cruising conditions end in September – red and gold moments prevail, embellish October shores. Anxiety arrives with killing waves and gales of cruel November, ports covered in snow.

Restless energy gives riseto sundry moods and conditions, thunderstorms and high winds any time. Great Lakes weather –always a surprise.

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ABOVE: “Algoma Lighthouse Moonrise” By JAMES BREY 1st Place – Cultural & Historical Features Algoma, WI

The Lake They Call Michigan By LYNN POLYAK

The Straits of Mackinac are the mouthOf this giant finger pointing southLong and narrow, deep cerulean blueIt’s a workhorse through and throughCarrying manufactured goods and grains, Petro-chemicals, and construction cranes.Providing water to use and drink, Lake Michigan is a vital linkTo European commerce and foreign portsTransporting cargo of all sorts.Yet commerce isn’t her only boastFor recreation, she is also hostTo those who fish and those who swimTo those who boat or dive on a whim.To all people, she is all thingsYet to her glacial roots she clingsOften freezing over in winter’s coldIt’s great for ice fishing, so I’m toldBut come the warmer weather of springThe bells of ships once again ring.

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Full MoonPassover Begins at Sundown

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Long Exposure By MASON MORRiS

“Long Exposure” describes both this photo’s creative technique and the reason for the deterioration of Port Washington’s north breakwall. Built in 1935, decades of exposure to Lake Michigan’s freeze and thaw cycles left this weathered structure weak and treacherous for pedestrian use.

With funding help from the Harbor Assistance Program award received by the city, the second phase of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineer’s remediation plan began in the spring of 2016.

The fissured and jagged stone surface was removed from all 22 steel-encased breakwater cells. Additional steel plates were then welded to the tops of the original cells for reinforcement and molding of the new pedestrian-friendly concrete surface.

Reopened in time for July 4th fireworks and Port’s Fish Day, the resurfaced breakwall paves the way for future generations to enjoy Ozaukee County’s Lake Michigan harbor and iconic lighthouse. Work continues in 2017 and an ADA compliant entrance to the walkway is still proposed for future development.

ABOVE: “Long Exposure” By MASON MORRiS 2nd Place – Stewardship Port Washington, WI

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ABOVE: “Houghton Falls State Natural Area” By WALT HuSS

Milwaukee Harbor at RestBy STEPHEN LARS KALMON

Today had been stormy and sailboats, sails furled, lay aside for the night their graceful destiny. Motor boats, too, lay at anchor. The sailors were home today, waiting for a change in weather.

It’s good weather for fishermen, and they, rods in hands and bait pails swinging, prowl the breakwater to where the big ones lay. Earlier, they had not gone out, the Great Lakes are dangerous.

Yet, overhead, a westerly sun cast a rainbow promise it will deliver tomorrow: A pot of gold on one end, and a sunny day. Motor boats will speed out. Sailboats with unfurled white wings filled to roundness will speed across the water. Salmon, Rainbow and Brown Trout, silver flashes under sleek hulls seemingly designed as were they: speedy and agile on water as they were in it.

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

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ABOVE: “Fiesta” By DAN PATRiNOS Milwaukee, WI

Harbor Light By Stephen Lars Kalmon

In the last light of day mankind’s industry as viewed on Milwaukee’s shore of an inland sea, Great Lake Michigan, like the cosmic scene above is too large, too magnificent, to perceive at a glance but requires a comfortable rock to muse and ponder the works before us: Sunset and Industry, neither ever fully at rest.

We don’t always see the Lakers and Salties that sail these waters and all the industry that makes their sailing possible. Nor do we see the industry, behind these commercial, sport fishing, and pleasure craft. We don’t often see or personally know the human beings who pilot these boats and ships.

Our musing is intensified by a view of on-shore works. As seen here the War Memorial Art Museum, business and industrial buildings, and trucks and autos going and coming to join the world community marketplace via this Great Lake.

From our rock we ponder the reflected sun-filled scene, and industrious humanity under it: We see the outward signs of mankind’s works and that of the Creator’s power lighting the scene.

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i Saw Myself By KAREN GERSONDE

I saw myself on the beach of Lake Michigan,Maybe I was eight, maybe I was ten.I really don’t remember, this is nowAnd that was then.

I played in the water and skipped some stones,The water was cold; I was with my father,I retained this memory even though I am old.

We watched the mighty ships maneuver in the harbor…So big and so real.They were very long, very massive, all made of steel.

I remember Jones Island And the smelters and the nets,The smell of fish, the old fishermen,The campfires…nets filled were a bet.

I saw myself watchingThe Badger car ferry pulling into dock,People and cars coming and going,The mighty engines kept the water flowing.

Yes I saw myself the other day,On the shores of Lake Michigan,Maybe I was eight, maybe I was ten,These were great memories from way back when.

ABOVE: “Kites Over Lake Michigan” By PAMELA A. GARZONE Neshotah Beach Two Rivers, WI

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Samuel Myers Park RestorationBy JuLiE KiNZELMAN Racine Health Department

Samuel Myers Park lies within the direct drainage area of the Pike River Watershed, in the City of Racine. This site was illustrative of the many challenges faced within the greater Pike River watershed and along the Lake Michigan shoreline including: invasive species, erosion, storm water runoff leading to poor water quality, habitat loss and de-graded wetlands.

Since 2013, the City of Racine has been undertaking a large scale restoration effort to improve water quality and create public access with the help of volunteers representing local high schools, churches, community organizations, Friends of Myers Park, UW-Parkside and the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps. Removing invasive species (e.g., Phragmites, purple loosestrife, garlic mustard, narrow leaf cattail) and re-storing native dry/sand prairie, dune and wetland vegetation will provide food and shelter for bird species in this migratory flyway as well as habitat for year round “residents” such as Mallard ducks, American toads, mink and muskrat. The photo below shows a cross section of restored dry prairie, dune and coastal wetland habitats. Lake Michigan can be seen in the background.

For more information, contact: [email protected]

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ABOVE: “Explosive Color” By MARK STRAuB Milwaukee, WI

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ABOVE: “Catching Some Rays” By RENEE BLAuBACH 2nd Place – Natural Features and Wildlife Sheboygan, WI

Kohler-Andrae State Park Rain GardenBy REGGiE GAuGER

The beaches and natural dunes areas at Kohler-Andrae State Park are popular and re-ceive over 400,000 visitors each year. Bacteria monitoring associated with the Great Lakes Beach Program identified microbial contamination and indicated the beach visitor parking lot as one potential contributor. The parking lot runoff also undermined the asphalt and created gullies that affected beach access and presented a safety concern. There was also a desire to reduce blowing sand from the beach associated with dune erosion and increased staff time for parking lot maintenance.

Plans were developed to address the parking lot erosion issues by capturing stormwater flows and diverting them to a rain garden associated with the parking lot median strip. Additional dune grass was planted to stabilize the sand. Cord walks were planned to provide safe access to the beach with minimal disturbance to the new and existing dunes.

The project was a collaborative effort between the Kohler-Andrae Friends Group and the Wisconsin DNR with Fund for Lake Michigan grant funds of $110,000 and In-Kind support of $16,000 coming from 350 hours of volunteer efforts.

For more information, contact [email protected]

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Restoring Sheboygan’s Shore By RuTH HARKER

For Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan is a sparkling gem. Local, state, and federal partners collaborated to highlight Lake Michigan’s importance and why it is vital to preserve it.

Under a matching grant provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Shoreline Cities Green Infrastructure Grants, Sheboygan received $250,000 to eliminate storm sewer outfalls discharging over beaches, and redesigned three beaches that will be sustainable, easily maintained, and appealing, to reduce contamination, improve water quality, and beach health. Elements included infiltration bioswales (a drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap) near storm sewer outfalls, native vegetation, beach nourishment (the replacement of sand from outside the original beach areas), dune stabilization, and controlled public access.

The city also received $25,560 from the Fund for Lake Michigan to implement the Sheboygan Adopt-a-Beach and Adopt-a-Habitat programs to create long-term stewardship for Lake Michigan, raise awareness and commitment to Sheboygan’s lakefront, focus on beach health, and increase water quality through hands-on learning experiences.

Pelishek, Chad. “Press Release regarding beach education projects.” City of Sheboygan. <http://www.sheboyganwi.gov/press-release-regarding-beach-education-projects/> 20 Oct 2016.

For more information, contact Chad Pelishek, Director of Planning and Development, City of Sheboygan at (920) 459-3383.

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ABOVE: “Discovering” By RENEE BLAuBACH Grafton, WI 2nd Place – People Enjoying Wisconsin’s Great Lakes

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ABOVE:“Waiting for the Storm” By JOE POLECHECK 1st Place – People Enjoying Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Duluth/Superior Harbor

Superior, indeed By LYNN POLYAK

Birthed by glaciers of the distant pastWith an area of water exceedingly vastSuperior truly lives up to its nameIts size being one of its claims to fameA wild lake of ferocious storms and waves,Pristine beaches and glistening ice cavesHolding countless shipwrecks in its shadowy deepIts hapless victims forever to keepYet Superior is so much more than thisFor it has received Mother Nature’s kissThe largest gemstone in a crown of fiveIts sapphire blue is something aliveThat beckons the soul to appreciateThe awesome beauty of its pristine stateThe rocky shorelines, the gravelly beachesThe sand and driftwood of its far-flung reachesAnd its ridges of ice in wintertimePaint a portrait that is truly sublimeAll are facets of this treasured waterSuperior reigns as Mother Nature’s daughter.

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ABOVE: “Point of Light” By JiM PEACOCK Red Cliff, WI

Breaking the Lake Superior Trail By WiLLiAM TECKu, from Overtime ©1985

Chippewa eyes listen to sun, moon, stars. They . . . rainbow . . . rivers.They camp and they dance!Drums hear lake watersail into the sky.

FREEZING winds blow off a great lake.Its song breaks trail for them.They move . . . move . . .move for reasons likeor because of our own.

They canoe the lakebefore it is mapped by missionaries,by guns,by money.

Dream-hungry, the Gitchi Gummipaddles through their visions.They fish. They hunt.They do not spearthe snow.

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They left and they stayedlike the air in songsof water, of stars,of us.

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The Alpena passes by Cat Island dredging crews at the entrance to Green Bay harbor. The Alpena, originally built in 1942 for the U.S. Steel Fleet, is one of the oldest ships working on the Great Lakes.

Cat island Restoration a Win-Win By MEGAN O’SHEA and JO TEMTE WDNR

The Cat Island restoration is helping to keep the shipping lane open for the Port of Green Bay. This project is also providing a beneficial use for dredged sediment in the rebuilding of this chain of islands adjacent to the City of Green Bay. It is estimated that the islands will provide storage for approximately 20-30 years’ worth of dredged material.

In addition to the economic benefits related to dredging and shipping, rebuilding the islands will keep minimally contaminated sediment out of landfills. It will improve habitat for fish, colonial nesting water birds (bird species that need aquatic habitat and that gather in large groups or “colonies” during nesting season), shorebirds, waterfowl, marsh nesting birds, amphibians, turtles, invertebrates and furbearing mammals. Already 30 different species of shorebirds have been spotted on the islands, including the endangered piping plover and the federally threatened red knot. The red knot has one of the longest annual migrations of all birds (over 9,000 miles), and relies on healthy stopover habitat to survive its incredible journey.

ABOVE: “Having Fun by Manitowoc Harbor” By TiTuS SEiLHEiMER Manitowoc, WI

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provides equal opportunity in its employment programs, services, and functions under an Affirmative Action Plan. If you have any questions, please write to Equal Opportunity Office, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C. 20240.

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“The ultimate test of a man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”

GAYLORD NELSON Former Wisconsin governor and co-founder of Earth Day

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Office of Great Waters101 S. Webster St.Madison, WI 53707-7921

For more information, visit: dnr.wi.gov (search Great Lakes)

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