Grand Portage National Monument will post the final draft of the Historic Meadow Area Environmental Assessment for the community and public review beginning on Wednesday, January 4, 2017, through February 4, 2017.
The document will be available on the monument’s website at parkplanning.nps.gov/grpoEA. There will be paper copies available at the following locations: Heritage Center Information Desk at Grand Portage National Monument; the Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council Office; and the Grand Marais Public Library.
Grand Portage National Monument staff, in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, held public meetings earlier this year, to encourage input from Grand Portage community members, as well as the general public about how the park can best manage the historic meadow area. The outcome of this important process is reflected in this final draft.
Cultural Resource Chief William Clayton notes that, “Community participation at the meetings has been very helpful in helping the park staff learn how the meadow was integral to community life for not only past but for current generations as well.”
Issues and topics that may be addressed or included as part of this planning process include: Archaeological resource protection, cultural landscape rehabilitation, ethnographic landscapes, interpretive trail development, removal of “decommissioned” maintenance infrastructure, interpretation of the former village of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, exotic species management, shoreline erosion mitigation, cultural landscape vegetation management, wetland effects, visitor services, employee vehicular circulation, and historic building reconstruction.
Questions can be directed to Grand Portage National Monument, Attn: William Clayton, P.O. Box 426, 170 Mile Creek Rd., Grand Portage, MN 55605, via email: William_J_Clayton@nps.gov or by phone at 218- 475-0123 ext. 256.
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