Iron Belle Challenge 2017
Troop and Crew 1051 Iron Belle Challenge Hike through Lakeland Trail State Park in Michigan during National Trail Day 2017
What is the Iron Belle Trail?
U.S. Forest Service Botanist Jan Schultz: Stop Invasive Species at Wisconsin/Michigan National Parks
(Marquette, MI) -- The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is working with youth, Native American tribes and many groups to fight invasive plants -- and restore indigenous vegetation that is best for pollinators like bees and butterflies
Invasive (non-native) plants are choking out natural flora and fauna -- and are one of many reasons that one-third of pollinators have disappeared
On a cold wind-driven rainy fall day in Michigan's Upper Peninsula just blocks from the roaring waves of Lake Superior, a conference was held for the many federal, state and local agencies and organizations that are on the front line of the fight to eradicate all forms of invasive species.
The menace is as tricky as it is widespread and costly to stop -- invasive species ride on the wind, float on the water and find all forms of human transportation to creep their way across the Midwest -- and the entire country.
From stubborn non-native weeds that travel with and on unsuspecting tourists to aquatic life like Zebra mussels that hitch a ride on ore boats and ocean freighters.
USFS Eastern Region Botanist Jan Schultz was the keynote speaker on Tues., Oct. 16, 2012 at the Rapid Response Invasive Plant Intervention Team of the U.P.! (RIPP IT UP!) Third Annual Northern Great Lakes Conference named A United Front against Invasive Species in the Marquette Masonic Lodge and Center.
The Marquette, Michigan presentation titled An Overview of Just How Far We've Come in the Battle against Invasive Species was watched by many USFS employees and several groups assisting in the fight to stop invasive non-native weeds that are choking out all forms of wildlife.
Schultz is the USFS Non-native Invasive Species and Special Forest Products Program Leader stationed in Milwaukee, WI.
The hosts of the conference are one of the main northern Michigan groups fighting Invasives -- and the group has a catching acronym for their long name: RIPP IT UP stands for Rapid Response Invasive Plant Intervention Team of the U.P.
Rapid Response Invasive Plant Intervention Team of the U.P. (RIPP IT UP)
abc10up.com/invasive-plants-conference
Darcy Rutkowski
906-225-0215
darcy.rutkowski@uprcd.org
Stephanie Blumer
906-643-7900 ext. 155
sblumer@fs.fed.us
Tesha Zimmerman
906-632-5575
tzimmerman@saulttribe.net
Lynn Steiner
Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coordinator
Dickinson Conservation District
102 North Hooper St.
Kingsford, MI
49802-4548
906-239-2560
wildriverscwma@gmail.com
2011 Accomplishments Fighting Invasive Species USFS Eastern Region 9 Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) Report
fs.fed.us/wildflowers/invasives/documents/FY2011EasternRegionNNISReport.pdf
fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5387670.pdf
CWMA Map
na.fs.fed.us/fhp/invasive_plants/cwma
Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) Cookbook: Recipe for Success
mipn.org/CWMACookbook2011.pdf
USFS
fs.fed.us
fs.fed.us/wildflowers
Larry Stritch
USDA USFS National Botanist
Washington, D.C.
202-205-1279
lstritch@fs.fed.us
Jan Schultz, USFS
E. Region 9 Botanist
Milwaukee, WI
414-297-1189
jschultz@fs.fed.us
Larry Heady
R9 Tribal Relations Specialist
414-297-3777
lheady@fs.fed.us
Stephanie Blumer
R9 Botanist
906-643-7900 Ext. 155
sblumer@fs.fed.us
Hiawatha National Forest
Gladstone, MI
906-428-5800
HiawathaNF@fs.fed.us
fs.usda.gov/hiawatha
Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest
Northwoods CWMA
northwoodscwma.org
Matt Bushman, district botanist
715-373-3667
Darienne McNamara, CWMA Coordinator
darienne.mcnamara@gmail.com
Hiawatha National Forest
Central Upper Peninsula CWMA
Chippewa East Mackinac Conservation District
clmcd.org/weedmanagement_2.asp
chipmackconservation.org
upicweeds.org
Nick Cassel, Coordinator
Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
906-635-1278 (wk)
906-430-0040 (cell)
nick.cassel@macd.org
Ottawa National Forest
Western Peninsula Invasive Coalition (WePic)
Gogebic County, MI/Iron County, WI
invasiveplantsmi.org/hogweed/index.html
fs.fed.us/r9/ottawa/forest_management/botany/cwpma_site
Ian Shackleford
USFS Botanist
Noxious Weed Coordinator
Ironwood, MI
896-932-1330
ishackleford@fs.fed.us
Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coalition
wrisc.org
Ann Hruska
Administrator/Proj. Mgr.
Dickinson Conservation District
Kingsford, MI
906-774-8441
wildriverscwma@gmail.com
ann.hruska@mi.nacdnet.net
Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area
kisma.org
Janet Marr, Coordinator
Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District
Houghton, MI
906-337-5529
906-482-0214
jkmarr@mtu.edu
Huron Manistee National Forest
Northwest Michigan CWMA
garlic-mustard.org
Carolyn Henne, USFS
231-723-2211
Robert Makowski, USFS
231-775-5023
Midwest Invasive Plant Network
mipn.org
Kate Howe
MIPN Coordinator
Purdue University
The Nature Conservancy of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
317-829-3812
mipninfo@gmail.com
MI Invasive Plants
invasiveplantsmi.org
WI Invasive Plants
dnr.wi.gov/topic/Invasives
ipaw.org
Lake Chalet Motel & Campground - Drone Footage
A fly over Lake Chalet on Rt 8 in Bridgewater n.y. just before dusk.
a little different look from above. What a great calm night.
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Delta County on the shores of the Bays de Noc
Video highlights of Delta County
After the Storms ... West Michigan Responds
Following West MI Red Cross volunteers in the Florida Keys after the devastation for Hurricane Irma. (Nov. 1, 2017)
The top 5 campgrounds in parks near Cleveland
These park campsites are waiting for you within a 2-hour drive of Cleveland. From rustic tent camping to RV or cabin 'glamping,' these parks are where to get in touch with Ohio's great outdoors.
South Bass Island State Park:
Lake Metroparks:
Geneva State Park:
Mohican State Park:
Punderson State Park:
East Harbor State Park:
My article on cleveland.com about campsites near Cleveland:
I hope you have a great camping trip!
- John Pana
Terre haute. Fairbank park and bird song
Listen to the soothing bird songs during sunset in Fairbank park, Wabash River. Terre haute! I am so glad to have such serene nature close to home. we can also see ISU university apartment across the streets. :)
Pollinators & Plants: Hiawatha National Forest, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Tribal Partners
National Pollinator Week June 18-24, 2012
Wilson, MI -- U.S. Forest Service employees at National Forests in Michigan and Wisconsin are restoring native plants -- while partnering with Native Americans and schools -- to protect pollinators and restore woodlands to before the invasion of invasive species.
Restoring native plants in the Hiawatha National Forest, the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and tribal communities was explained by the USFS at an April 2012 workshop at the Hannahville Indian Community.
Reps from five Anishinaabe communities in Michigan and Wisconsin attended the Kinomaagewin-Aki: Teachings from the Earth workshop sponsored by the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project in cooperation with the USFS.
USDA USFS employees speaking:
Jan Schultz, USFS Eastern Region 9 Botanist (Non-native Invasive Species/Special Forest Products Program Leader) Milwaukee, WI
Nicole Shutt, USFS Biological Science Technician, Chequamegon--Nicolet Ntl. Forest (Lakewood/Laona Ranger District) Lakewood, WI
Melissa Simpson, USFS Ecologist, Chequamegon-Nicolet Ntl. Forest (Eagle River-Florence Ranger District) Florence, WI
Stephanie Blumer, USFS Botanist, Hiawatha Ntl. Forest, Escanaba, MI
Long term goals include growing native species plants in the Hiawatha Ntl. Forest, Blumer said.
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is interested in hopefully growing (traditional) native species plants for gathering in the Hiawatha Ntl. Forest, Blumer said.
Short-term plans include collecting seeds and understanding each other's goals, Blumer said.
Shutt said the USFS helped begin and keep going a native plant pollinator program in the Chequamegon--Nicolet Ntl. Forest.
The USFS works with local schools including turning schoolyard lawns back into early successional native land habitats, Shutt said.
Kids collect the seeds on National Forest lands and grow the plants in their classrooms, Shutt said. Students learn about respect and how important it is that we all work together.
The USFS works with Wisconsin students to grow/distribute indigenous plants at Laona/Wabeno schools in Crandon and Goodman Armstrong Creek schools in White Lake.
Zaagkii Project
fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5353195.pdf
Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI
CedarTreeInstitute.org
Zaagkii Project USFS Successes
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6284
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6272
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5538
USFS
fs.fed.us
fs.fed.us/wildflowers
Wildflowers Posters by groups/artists Steve Buchanan, Eliza R. Steele
fs.fed.us/wildflowers/features/posters.shtml
Pollinator Partnership:
pollinator.org
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
Larry Stritch
USDA USFS National Botanist
Washington, D.C.
202-205-1279
lstritch@fs.fed.us
Jan Schultz, USFS
E. Region 9 Botanist
Milwaukee, WI
414-297-1189
jschultz@fs.fed.us
Larry Heady
R9 Tribal Relations Specialist
414-297-3777
lheady@fs.fed.us
Stephanie Blumer
R9 Botanist
906-643-7900 Ext. 155
sblumer@fs.fed.us
Hiawatha Ntl. Forest
Gladstone, MI
906-428-5800
HiawathaNF@fs.fed.us
fs.usda.gov/hiawatha
Nicole Shutt, Biological Science Tech
Chequamegon-Nicolet Ntl. Forest
715-276-6333
nshutt@fs.fed.us
fs.usda.gov/cnnf
Melissa Simpson, Ecologist
Chequamegon-Nicolet Ntl. Forest
Florence, Wisconsin
mdsimpson@fs.fed.us
715-528-4464 Ext. 139
Schoolyard Habitats Across Wisconsin
fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5274832.pdf
Nicolet Distance Education Network: Northwoods Academy
nden.k12.wi.us/nwacad/index.htm!
University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Earth Partnership for Schools
Eagle River-Florence Ranger Dist. Excellence in Invasive Species Partnership Development award
USFS R9 Pollinator Program honored: Preserving butterflies, dragonflies, birds, bats
fs.fed.us/global/wings/birds/awards/2011_WATA_booklet.pdf
Hiawatha Ntl. Forest shares native plant info with Bay Mills Indian Community
fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=3344
2011 Hiawatha Ntl. Forest (26) Restoration Sites:
fs.fed.us/wildflowers/nativeplantmaterials/documents/npmreports/fy2011/R9/NFN3_HNF_nativeplants_report_FY2011.pdf
Tribal reps. attending:
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC)
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Hannahville Indian Community
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Zaagkii Project sponsors include KBIC, USFS, Marquette County Juvenile Court, U.P. Children's Museum, Northern Michigan University Center for Native American Studies
Speed limits in the United States by jurisdiction | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:41 1 Alabama
00:01:54 2 Alaska
00:04:29 3 American Samoa
00:05:00 4 Arizona
00:08:38 5 Arkansas
00:12:36 6 California
00:12:45 6.1 Basic speed law
00:17:44 6.2 Speed limits
00:19:42 7 Colorado
00:21:01 7.1 Night speed limits
00:21:32 8 Connecticut
00:25:02 9 Delaware
00:28:28 10 Florida
00:32:15 11 Georgia
00:37:01 12 Guam
00:37:30 13 Hawaii
00:39:24 14 Idaho
00:41:45 15 Illinois
00:44:49 16 Indiana
00:46:39 17 Iowa
00:48:08 18 Kansas
00:50:10 19 Kentucky
00:51:38 20 Louisiana
00:53:43 20.1 Other laws
00:54:46 21 Maine
00:56:34 22 Maryland
00:59:23 23 Massachusetts
01:02:25 24 Michigan
01:08:51 25 Midway Atoll
01:09:08 26 Minnesota
01:11:00 27 Mississippi
01:14:08 28 Missouri
01:16:01 28.1 Variable speed limits
01:17:18 28.2 Exceptions to the statutory limits
01:23:00 29 Montana
01:23:29 29.1 Reasonable and prudent
01:25:12 29.2 No speed limit
01:27:44 29.3 75 and 80 mph speed limits
01:29:39 30 Nebraska
01:30:48 31 Nevada
01:35:17 32 New Hampshire
01:38:02 33 New Jersey
01:41:46 34 New Mexico
01:52:40 35 New York
01:57:50 35.1 History
01:59:48 36 North Carolina
02:07:01 36.1 60 mph speed limits
02:11:36 37 North Dakota
02:13:18 38 Northern Mariana Islands
02:13:37 39 Ohio
02:16:39 40 Oklahoma
02:17:56 41 Oregon
02:19:19 41.1 Engineering studies
02:21:42 41.2 Attempts to raise speed limits
02:24:07 41.3 School speed limits
02:25:56 42 Pennsylvania
02:35:24 43 Puerto Rico
02:36:55 44 Rhode Island
02:38:29 45 South Carolina
02:42:09 46 South Dakota
02:43:33 47 Tennessee
02:48:09 48 Texas
02:49:37 48.1 Truck speed limits
02:51:10 48.2 Night speed limits
02:51:54 48.3 Environmental speed limits
02:55:19 48.4 Elimination of Dallas-Fort Worth region environmental speed limits
02:56:44 48.5 75 mph limits
02:58:22 48.6 80 and 85 mph limits
03:01:58 49 US Virgin Islands
03:03:00 50 Utah
03:05:06 50.1 80 mph speed limit
03:08:02 51 Vermont
03:09:31 52 Virginia
03:15:52 53 Wake Island
03:16:09 54 Washington
03:18:56 55 West Virginia
03:21:04 56 Wisconsin
03:24:20 57 Wyoming
03:26:11 58 See also
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Speed limits in the United States vary depending on jurisdiction, with 75 to 80 mph (120 to 130 km/h) common in the Western United States and 65 to 75 mph (100 to 120 km/h) common in the Eastern United States. States may also set special speed limits for trucks and night travel along with minimum speed limits. The highest speed limit in the country is 85 mph (140 km/h), which is posted on a single stretch of tollway in rural Texas.
Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
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Michigan
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- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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Michigan ( (listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.
The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning large water or large lake. Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Michigan has a population of about 10 million. Its capital is Lansing and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted as shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called the U.P.) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline.The area was first settled by Native American tribes, whose successive cultures occupied the territory for thousands of years. Colonized by French explorers in the 17th century, it was claimed as part of New France. After France's defeat in the French and Indian War in 1762, the region came under British rule. Britain ceded this territory to the newly independent United States after Britain's defeat in the American Revolutionary War. The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was formed in 1805, but some of the northern border with Canada was not agreed upon until after the War of 1812. Michigan was admitted into the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, a free one. It soon became an important center of industry and trade in the Great Lakes region and a popular immigrant destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Although Michigan developed a diverse economy, it is widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, which developed as a major economic force in the early 20th century. It is home to the country's three major automobile companies (whose headquarters are all within the Detroit metropolitan area). While sparsely populated, the Upper Peninsula is important for tourism thanks to its abundance of natural resources, while the Lower Peninsula is a center of manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, services, and high-tech industry.
David Mamet: Chicago
Is there any corner of Chicago's theatrical and artistic life untouched by the legendary playwright, producer and screenwriter David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed the Plow, Wag the Dog and The Untouchables)? CHF is thrilled to present an evening exploring Mamet's life in and influence on our city through the lens of his first novel in two decades, 'Chicago'. In this big shouldered thriller set in Al Capone's 1920s, Mamet explores questions of honor, deceit, revenge and devotion, all in his trademark Mamet Speak— that mix of voices that move from the poetic to the profane in rapid, and graphic, succession. Chicago combines spectacular craft with a kinetic wallop as fierce as the February wind gusting off Lake Michigan. Chris Jones joins Mamet in conversion for this not-to-be-missed event.
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Driving directions with Street View on Google Maps
Now you can use Street View when getting driving directions on Google Maps.
Suspense: I Won't Take a Minute / The Argyle Album / Double Entry
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, Backseat Driver, which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with Death on My Hands: A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
Jose JG Gonzalez Open Discussion - 184 - After show
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