Beaver Island Michigan

I don't. It got old a long time ago.

Is it still winter?

Can you guys post some cute cat videos on here? Love those, but never see them here. Kinda sad.

Yes, John, some of us do miss seeing these places just as they are. Question well-asked...natural areas don't always need to be "fixed". But it seems that argument gets lost in the idea of progress, which is less and less questioned. When people grasp the value of simply leaving some thing...

Oh, boy. Not a good sign.

And while he's at it, maybe he can offer a list of all the tax-payer supported government benefits he may enjoy, including health care benefits.

Maybe AEW could gather the information sought from the proper sources, and share that with the Forum.

Just a guess, but the total cost to provide some elderly an affordable place to live on the island they love is probably lot less than we're shipping overseas by the freighter load on a monthly basis. But one person's waste is another man's public service, I suppose. Depends on where the priorities ...

Nice pics of Beaver Island in the first article there. My, how St. James has grown.

Message problems might have made the NRETC fall. Maybe lack of listening and understanding by others was worse. It's a step backward for the islands future in more than one way. And the way it went down could scare off people and groups that wanted to help. Too bad for everybody in the bigger picture.

The BICC lobbied for Wildlife Certification and represented itself as speaking for the island community; it did not and does not. 1. The BICC convinced Russ Mason of the DNRE to identify Beaver Island for Wildlife Certification. Who makes up BICC again? Wondering how BICC could speak for BI to DNRE...

History is real estate.

spiritualquest is on a marketing quest, looks like ?

medic5740 is right about what these dollars are meant for and why they should be used locally. Bolton also has good questions. We have short memories about where public money comes from and goes. To try to pay off this huge debt, what's left of Social Security and other programs will be raided by th...

Compliments to Martha Irvine for a well-done video and story on the island, and to those featured in the coverage for the example their lives are.