Greetings!
This blog, The Snug Harbor Reporter, is a new feature of the Division of Interpretation at Rock Harbor and serves to replace the older Ranger Picks newsletter from previous years. This blog will serve to inform the rest of the park on the happenings at Snug Harbor, to increase communication with this division and to provide an avenue for friends and families to keep up with island life.
Updates will occur on average about once a week, and will be primarily photographic in nature with accompanying descriptive text. Any questions on this blog may be referred to sungharborreporter@gmail.com, however that e-mail will only be checked once a week.
Our first post will be a little larger than subsequent posts, as we have much ground to cover since the Ranger III dropped of the seasonal Sung Harbor staff on May 27. Since then, a massive amount of training has occurred to get the staff up to speed. As all seasonals on this end of the island are new this year, this training has been no small feat, but tremendous progress has been gained. So let us begin…
This blog, The Snug Harbor Reporter, is a new feature of the Division of Interpretation at Rock Harbor and serves to replace the older Ranger Picks newsletter from previous years. This blog will serve to inform the rest of the park on the happenings at Snug Harbor, to increase communication with this division and to provide an avenue for friends and families to keep up with island life.
Updates will occur on average about once a week, and will be primarily photographic in nature with accompanying descriptive text. Any questions on this blog may be referred to sungharborreporter@gmail.com, however that e-mail will only be checked once a week.
Our first post will be a little larger than subsequent posts, as we have much ground to cover since the Ranger III dropped of the seasonal Sung Harbor staff on May 27. Since then, a massive amount of training has occurred to get the staff up to speed. As all seasonals on this end of the island are new this year, this training has been no small feat, but tremendous progress has been gained. So let us begin…
First of all, our motley crew. This photo is from our arrival day potluck and includes staff from both the Windigo and Rock Harbor visitor centers, cooperating association employees and volunteers and protection division staff. Thanks to George for this photo.
Immediately following our arrival potluck, some staff went out on an introductory nature hike on the Scoville trail and were treated with the observation of the Calypso or Fairy Slipper Orchid.
The next day training commenced with a combined crew of interpretation and protection staff for a wonderful day (despite unanticipated sunburn) at the Edison Fishery, the Wolf-Moose Research headquarters and a hike up to the Mt. Ojibwe lookout tower. Above you have Rolf Peterson with the Wolf-Moose Study explaining the growth rate of moose antlers. Immediately above you have a close up of the Moose-Wolf study 'boneyard' which is open for visitor photography and interpretation.
Rangers take a moment to take in the view from the top of the Mt. Ojibwe lookout tower. After training was done at the tower, some of those in the training group hiked the 7.5 miles back to Snug Harbor.
Well, that does it for the introductory post, stay tuned next for the Boat School post!
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