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| General Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement |
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 Dear Friend of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
On behalf of our planning team, I am pleased to share this Draft General Management Plan/Wilderness Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Once approved, this document will provide overall guidance for the management of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, including those portions of it which comprise the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness, for the next 15 to 20 years. Needless to say, it is a very important document, and the National Park Service would benefit greatly from your careful analysis and thoughtful comments.
The planning team has developed a set of three action alternatives that describe how the park would be managed for resources, visitor experience and park operations. Alternative 2, the NPS preferred alternative, focuses on relatively minor enhancements that would expand visitor experience opportunities on a few islands, while preserving the park's resources and the overall park experience that most visitors tell us they love.
It's a big document, so we fully expect you will have questions about it. We've scheduled a series of open houses to provide you with opportunities to meet with park staff to discuss the plan. If you can't make one of the meetings below, feel free to contact Jim Nepstad, Chief of Planning and Resource Management, email Jim at jim_nepstad@nps.gov.
Our open houses will be held at:
Mon, Aug 31
Red Cliff - Red Cliff Bingo Hall
88705 Highway 13
Red Cliff, WI
2:00pm-4:00pm
Mon, Aug 31
Bayfield - Apostle Islands NL Visitor Center
415 Washington Avenue
Bayfield, WI
6:00pm-8:00pm
Tues, Sept 1
Duluth/Superior Barkers Island Marina – Club Room
2509 Marina Drive
Superior, WI
6:00pm-8:00pm
Wed, Sept 2
Twin Cities Area - REI-Bloomington
750 West American Blvd
Bloomington, MN
6:00pm-8:00pm
Thur, Sept 3
Madison Area - The Lowell Center, Room 118
610 Langdon Street
Madison, WI
6:00pm-8:00pm
Fri, Sept 4
Out in the Park! - Stockton Island
Presque Isle Visitor Contact Station
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
6:00pm-8:00pm
Tues, Sept 8
Bad River - Chief Blackbird Center
Conference Room C
Odanah, WI
2:00pm-4:00pm
Tues, Sept 8
Ashland Area - Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center
Near junction of Highways 2 and 13
Ashland, WI
6:00pm-8:00pm
Please review this document and provide us your comments by October 23, 2009. You can submit your comments in two ways:
1) Submit written comments to:
Superintendent
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
415 Washington Avenue
Bayfield, Wisconsin 54814
2) Submit comments electronically on this web site:
click on the "Documents List" link on the left > select the Draft GMP to review the files, and to submit a comment select the "Comment on document" link at the top or left side of the page.
Please don't feel constrained to accept the alternatives as they are currently drafted. If you have suggestions for improving any of the alternatives, or if you feel that a particular approach to an issue would fit better in a different alternative, don't hesitate to let us know. As always, thoughtful comments that explain the reasoning behind a suggestion are particularly helpful.
I welcome your continued participation in this important planning effort, and look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Bob Krumenaker
Superintendent
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