- Setting up shop . . . a "lodge" (originally constructed in 1934 and added on and improved into the '90s) was modestly renovated as a field office and bunkhouse;
- Regaining access . . . because the property was in receivership (due to a prior owner's bankruptcy) the site had received minimal care for several seasons. Job one was blazing a trail to allow for access around the marsh;
- First battle of an ongoing conflict . . . aerially sprayed a 90-acre monoculture of Phragmites, an invasive cane that has changed the game of marsh management on the Great Lakes.
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Headquarters -- modest as it is, this single-story bunkhouse serves as our field office -- a great shelter from the elements and as a convenient location for on-site meetings and planning
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