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State purchase using Stewardship funds to be called the Menominee River State Park and Recreation Area
MADISON Wis. -- The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has approved the acquisition of 2,714 acres of land and 10.8 miles of Menominee River shoreline from Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO). The board action approved $3.26 million in Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding to acquire the land along the Menominee River in Marinette County. If approved by Gov. Jim Doyle, this purchase will be added to the Menominee River Natural Resources area to create the Menominee River State Park and Recreation area of 4,833 acres and more than 17 miles of protected public shoreline.
The existing Menominee River Natural Resources Area includes 1,922 acres of land purchased by the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the Conservation Fund in 1997. The land, on the river’s west shore, was presented to the States of Wisconsin as a gift. A similar gift of 2,530 acres across the river on the east shore was given to the State of Michigan. The Menominee River is the boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin and passes through the center of the property.
A master plan describing development, management and operation of the entire project was prepared in 2000. Citizens, local government and state agency experts participated in the process.
Adverse environmental effects are not anticipated as a result of acquiring this land and the long-term beneficial effects will serve to preserve the spectacular beauty, and to guarantee public access and recreation on long stretches of the undeveloped Menominee River corridor.
The Department has prepared an Environmental Analysis and made a determination that an Environmental Impact Statement process is not required.
Comments on the Environmental Analysis will be received until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 26, 2010. Address comments to Dan Rogers, DNR Landscape Architect, Department of Natural Resources, 2984 Shawano Avenue, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54313; via e-mail at daniel.rogers@wisconsin.gov; or by phone at 920-662-5139.
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