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ACC
OMPL
ISHM
ENTS
Thun
der B
ay N
atio
nal M
arin
e San
ctua
ry bo
asts
near
ly 10
0 ship
wrec
ks pr
eser
ved b
y the
cold,
fres
h wate
rs of
Lake
Hur
on w
ithin
its
448-
squa
re-m
ile bo
unda
ry. T
hund
er B
ay’s
unpr
edict
able
weath
er an
d tre
ache
rous
shoa
ls ha
ve ea
rned
it the
nick
name
“Ship
wrec
k Alle
y,”
and i
ts co
llecti
on of
wre
cks r
epre
sents
a cro
ss-se
ction
of th
e dive
rse ve
ssels
that
have
trav
eled t
he G
reat
Lake
s sinc
e the
19th
centu
ry.
From
woo
den s
choo
ners
to mo
dern
freig
hters,
thes
e cult
ural
treas
ures
prov
ide a
wind
ow in
to the
regio
n’s ric
h mar
itime h
istor
y. Es
tablis
hed O
ct. 7,
2000
.
A Lo
ok A
head
As
we c
elebr
ate ou
r ten
th ye
ar, th
e san
ctuar
y and
our c
ommu
nity r
eflec
t on t
he fir
st de
cade
of ou
r par
tnersh
ip to
prote
ct the
Gre
at La
kes a
nd th
eir ric
h hist
ory.
Whil
e we a
re pr
oud o
f our
man
y acc
ompli
shme
nts, w
e are
not y
et sa
tisfie
d, an
d we l
ook f
orwa
rd to
the n
ext
deca
de. M
oving
ahea
d, the
sanc
tuary
will e
xpan
d and
enha
nce o
ur re
sear
ch an
d edu
catio
n the
prog
rams
that
have
defin
ed T
hund
er
Bay.
Our s
ucce
ssful
Gre
at La
kes M
aritim
e Her
itage
Tra
il will
stretc
h alon
g the
wate
rfron
ts of
Pres
que I
sle, A
lpena
and A
lcona
coun
ties
and p
rovid
e a co
mpre
hens
ive in
terpr
etive
expe
rienc
e for
our v
isitor
s and
resid
ents
alike
. Our
rese
arch
will
delve
into
new
depth
s with
an
expa
nded
portf
olio o
f scie
ntists
, ves
sels,
map
ping a
nd ob
serva
tion t
ools,
and d
iving
capa
bilitie
s, po
sition
ing T
hund
er B
ay as
a se
ntine
l sit
e for
ecos
ystem
and a
rchae
ologic
al re
sear
ch in
the G
reat
Lake
s. Fin
ally,
the sa
nctua
ry wi
ll eva
luate
the sa
nctua
ry ad
visor
y cou
ncil’s
re
comm
enda
tion t
o exp
and t
he sa
nctua
ry’s b
ound
aries
. To a
ccom
plish
thes
e agg
ress
ive go
als, th
e san
ctuar
y will
conti
nue t
o fos
ter
stron
g sup
port
from
our c
ommu
nity,
volun
teers,
and m
any p
artne
rs in
our o
ngoin
g effo
rts to
prote
ct an
d und
ersta
nd th
e mar
itime
herita
ge of
thes
e wate
rs Jo
bs, C
omm
uniti
es an
d Cu
lture
Th
e Nor
theas
t Mich
igan r
egion
is ric
h in h
istor
y and
natur
al re
sour
ces a
nd is
home
to th
e Thu
nder
Bay
Nati
onal
Marin
e San
ctuar
y.
Appr
oxim
ately
53,00
0 peo
ple liv
e Alpe
na, P
resq
ue Is
le an
d Alco
na C
ounti
es ad
jacen
t to th
e san
ctuar
y. A
s a po
pular
desti
natio
n for
ou
tdoor
recre
ation
, peo
ple tr
avel
to the
regio
n for
fishin
g, sc
uba d
iving
and s
norke
ling o
n ship
wre
cks,
visitin
g bea
ches
, tour
ing
lighth
ouse
s, ca
mping
and h
untin
g. A
2005
stud
y esti
mated
annu
al vis
itor s
pend
ing in
the t
hree
coun
ties t
o be a
ppro
ximate
ly $1
10
millio
n sup
portin
g aro
und 1
,700 j
obs.
The
Gre
at La
kes M
aritim
e Her
itage
Cen
ter (t
he vi
sitor
cente
r for
the T
hund
er B
ay N
ation
al Ma
rine
Sanc
tuary
and U
nder
water
Pre
serve
) is a
major
tour
ist de
stina
tion f
or th
e reg
ion, h
ostin
g app
roxim
ately
60,00
0 visi
tors a
nnua
lly
NOAA
's Of
fice
of N
ation
al M
arine
San
ctuar
ies is
com
mitte
d to
supp
ortin
g liv
es a
nd liv
eliho
ods a
cros
s the
nat
ion a
nd in
sanc
tuar
y co
mm
unitie
s thr
ough
socio
econ
omic
rese
arch
and
mon
itorin
g to
und
ersta
nd th
e ec
onom
ic an
d so
cial d
river
s of s
anctu
ary r
esou
rces
and
im
prov
e m
anag
emen
t pra
ctice
s.
http
://th
unde
rbay
.noa
a.gov
Thun
der B
ay N
atio
nal M
arin
e San
ctua
ry A
dviso
ry C
ounc
il Mem
bers
Offic
ers
Chair
: Olin
Joyn
ton
Vice
Cha
ir: Ca
rol S
hafto
No
n-Go
vern
men
tal M
embe
rs
Recre
ation
: Don
Bee
m
Alter
nate:
Mar
k Uph
am
High
er E
duca
tion:
Olin
Joyn
ton
Alter
nate:
Cha
rles W
iesen
Bu
sines
s/Eco
nomi
c Dev
elopm
ent: C
arl B
ourd
elais
Alter
nate:
Don
New
port
Citiz
en A
t-Lar
ge: V
era K
avan
augh
Al
terna
te: Ji
m De
ssen
berg
Ma
ritime
Hist
ory/I
nterp
retat
ion: K
athlee
n Hub
bard
Al
terna
te: va
cant
Citiz
en A
t-Lar
ge: J
erom
e Mee
k Al
terna
te: Jo
hn M
cVee
ty
Tour
ism: D
eb P
ardik
e Al
terna
te: D
ennis
Bod
em
Educ
ation
(K-1
2): v
acan
t Al
terna
te: S
hari D
avis
Fishin
g: Ed
Reth
erfor
d Al
terna
te: C
harle
s LeF
ebvre
Di
ving:
Stev
e Kro
ll Al
terna
te: Jo
hn M
cCon
nell
Gove
rnm
enta
l Mem
bers
Lo
cal G
over
nmen
t Al
pena
Cou
nty B
oard
of C
ommi
ssion
ers:
Bill E
stlac
k Al
terna
te: va
cant
City
of Al
pena
: Car
ol Sh
afto
Alter
nate:
Mich
ael N
unne
ley
Sanb
orn T
owns
hip B
oard
of T
ruste
es:
Lynd
a Van
Duse
n Al
terna
te: K
enne
th Ga
uthier
Alpe
na T
owns
hip B
oard
of T
ruste
es: M
arie
Twite
Al
terna
te: va
cant
Thun
der B
ay U
nder
water
Pre
serve
Com
mitte
e:
Joe S
obcz
ak
Alter
nate:
Mike
Lakin
St
ate G
over
nmen
t St
ate of
Mich
igan (
non-
votin
g): S
andr
a Clar
k Tr
ibal
Gove
rnm
ent
Chipp
ewa O
ttawa
Res
ource
Auth
ority
(non
-votin
g):
Dire
ctor
Fede
ral G
over
nmen
t NO
AA T
hund
er B
ay N
MS (n
on-vo
ting)
: Jeff
Gra
y Sa
nctu
ary A
dviso
ry C
ounc
il Coo
rdin
ator
Je
an P
revo
Cutti
ng E
dge T
echn
olog
y and
the S
earc
h fo
r Lak
e Hur
on’s
Lost
Shi
ps
Spon
sore
d by t
he N
OAA
Offic
e of E
xplor
ation
and R
esea
rch, th
e Thu
nder
Bay
2010
Pro
ject
brou
ght c
utting
-edg
e ship
wrec
k find
ing te
chno
logy t
o Lak
e Hur
on’s
“shipw
reck
alley
.” Fr
om
Augu
st 16
-27 a
team
from
Thu
nder
Bay
Nati
onal
Marin
e San
ctuar
y and
the A
pplie
d Res
earch
La
bora
tories
at T
he U
niver
sity o
f Tex
as at
- Aus
tin (A
RL:U
T) se
t out
to dis
cove
r hist
oric
shipw
reck
s usin
g a re
volut
ionar
y son
ar m
ounte
d on a
free
-swim
ming
auton
omou
s und
erwa
ter
vehic
le (A
UV).
Using
a RE
MUS
600 A
UV eq
uippe
d with
ATL
AS fo
rwar
d loo
king s
onar
deve
loped
by
ARL
:UT,
the t
eam
surve
yed o
ver 1
00 sq
uare
mile
s with
in an
d bey
ond t
he sa
nctua
ry’s c
urre
nt bo
unda
ries.
Notab
ly, th
e pro
ject is
an im
porta
nt firs
t step
in un
derst
andin
g how
the s
anctu
ary
migh
t mor
e effic
iently
loca
te an
d inte
rpre
t site
s in a
prop
osed
expa
nsion
area
that
would
inc
reas
e the
sanc
tuary
from
448-
squa
re-m
iles t
o 4,08
5 squ
are-
miles
via a
n exp
ansio
n bill
in the
U.
S. S
enate
. Alon
g with
doze
ns of
inter
estin
g geo
logica
l featu
res a
nd ap
pare
ntly m
an- m
ade
“targ
ets,”
the te
am di
scov
ered
a ne
w sh
ipwre
ck re
sting
in de
eper
wate
r.
The S
earc
h fo
r Pre
hist
oric
Arch
aeol
ogica
l Site
s Sp
onso
red b
y the
NOA
A Of
fice o
f Exp
lorati
on an
d Res
earch
, and
in pa
rtner
ship
with
the
Unive
rsity
of Mi
chiga
n, thi
s pro
ject u
tilize
d a m
ulti-b
eam
sona
r mou
nted o
n the
sanc
tuary’
s RV
Stor
m to
surve
y the
Alpe
na-A
mber
ley R
idge,
a now
subm
erge
d lan
d brid
ge th
at ex
tends
acro
ss
Lake
Hur
on. N
early
10,00
0 yea
rs ag
o, it c
onne
cted n
orthe
rn M
ichiga
n and
Can
ada a
nd w
as
trave
rsed s
easo
nally
by m
igrati
ng ca
ribou
. The
sona
r data
will
be us
ed to
prod
uce a
3D m
odel
in an
effor
t to pr
edict
whe
re pr
ehist
oric
hunte
rs ma
y hav
e set
up st
one h
untin
g stru
cture
s. Th
e wor
k is
spea
rhea
ded b
y res
earch
ers f
rom
the U
niver
sity o
f Mich
igan’s
Mus
eum
of An
throp
ology
and
Way
ne S
tate U
niver
sity.
My
ster
y Ben
eath
the W
aves
: Exp
lorin
g Th
unde
r Bay
’s De
ep S
hipw
reck
s Te
chnic
al div
ers a
nd ar
chae
ologis
ts fro
m Th
unde
r Bay
Nati
onal
Marin
e San
ctuar
y, Mo
nitor
Na
tiona
l Mar
ine S
anctu
ary,
the C
oope
rativ
e Ins
titute
for O
cean
Exp
lorati
on, R
esea
rch an
d Te
chno
logy,
and U
niver
sity o
f Con
necti
cut c
ondu
cted t
wo w
eeks
of m
ixed g
as di
ving i
n an e
ffort
to do
cume
nt his
toric
shipw
reck
s in 1
30-2
20 fe
et of
water
in La
ke H
uron
. Ship
wrec
ks in
this
depth
ra
nge a
re of
ten am
azing
ly we
ll pre
serve
d, po
sses
sing s
ignific
ant h
istor
ical, a
rcheo
logica
l and
re
creati
onal
value
. Pro
ducin
g pho
to-mo
saics
, inten
sive v
ideo a
nd ph
oto do
cume
ntatio
n, an
d sc
aled s
ite pl
ans,
the te
am as
sess
ed th
e wre
cks o
f the s
teame
r Mes
seng
er (1
866-
1890
), sc
hoon
er D
efian
ce (1
848-
1854
), br
ig Au
dubo
n (18
54-1
854)
, and
stea
mer N
orm
an (1
890-
1895
). Th
is do
cume
ntatio
n info
rms t
he sa
nctua
ry’s r
esou
rce m
anag
emen
t dec
ision
s, pr
ovide
s the
basis
for
publi
c inte
rpre
tation
, and
is th
e firs
t step
in cr
eatin
g a m
anag
emen
t fram
ewor
k enc
oura
ging
safe
and r
espo
nsibl
e dive
r visi
tation
to th
ese i
rrepla
ceab
le sit
es. D
ocum
entin
g the
300 f
oot-lo
ng
bulk
freigh
ter N
orm
an w
as a
proje
ct hig
hligh
t. Buil
t in 18
90, th
e stee
l beh
emoth
repr
esen
ts a
type o
f ves
sel th
at ma
de po
ssibl
e the
explo
sive i
ndus
trial g
rowt
h of th
e Unit
ed S
tates
just
befor
e the
turn
of th
e twe
ntieth
centu
ry. H
er ea
st-bo
und c
argo
es of
iron o
re m
ade p
ossib
le the
fortu
ne
of J.P
. Mor
gan,
and m
ade h
is U.
S. S
teel C
orp.
Amer
ica’s
first b
illion
dolla
r com
pany
. Sa
nctu
ary H
osts
Thr
ee L
ive B
road
cast
s fro
m th
e Shi
pwre
ck M
onta
na
On Ju
ly 14
, Thu
nder
Bay
Nati
onal
Marin
e San
ctuar
y and
the M
aritim
e Her
itage
Pro
gram
co
nduc
ted a
serie
s of “
Live D
ive” b
road
casts
from
the s
hipwr
eck M
onta
na in
Thu
nder
Bay
. Vi
ewer
s fro
m ar
ound
the c
ountr
y par
ticipa
ted in
the b
road
casts
via t
he in
terne
t, whil
e in s
ever
al loc
ation
s inc
luding
the G
reat
Lake
s Mar
itime H
erita
ge C
enter
in A
lpena
, Mich
.; Ann
Arb
or, M
ich.
Hand
s-on M
useu
m, N
OAA
Head
quar
ters i
n Silv
er S
pring
, Md.,
and M
okup
apap
a, Ha
waii,
Disc
over
y Cen
ter, la
rge g
roup
s inte
racte
d live
with
the s
anctu
ary d
ive te
am. A
udien
ces l
earn
ed
how
marin
e arch
aeolo
gists
docu
ment
shipw
reck
s and
wor
k to p
rese
rve th
em fo
r futu
re
gene
ratio
ns. T
he pr
ogra
m als
o high
lighte
d sev
eral
signif
icant
partn
ersh
ips w
ith th
e san
ctuar
y, inc
luding
: the N
ation
al As
socia
tion o
f Blac
k SCU
BA D
ivers’
You
th Di
vision
, the G
reat
Lake
s En
viron
menta
l Res
earch
Lab,
Imme
rsion
Pre
sents
, and
the G
reat
Lake
s Nav
al Mu
seum
and
Memo
rial.
Naut
ical A
rcha
eolo
gy fo
r Ass
ociat
ion
of B
lack S
CUBA
Dive
rs
Thun
der B
ay N
ation
al Ma
rine S
anctu
ary a
rchae
ologis
ts tau
ght a
comb
ined N
autic
al Ar
chae
ology
Soc
iety P
art I
and I
I train
ing co
urse
and a
mar
itime a
rchae
ologic
al fie
ld sc
hool
to thi
rteen
mem
bers
of the
Nati
onal
Asso
ciatio
n of B
lack S
CUBA
Dive
rs fro
m Au
gust
1-7,
2010
. The
wee
klong
arch
aeolo
gical
field
scho
ol in
the sa
nctua
ry be
gan
with
lectur
es on
the t
heor
y and
prac
tice o
f mar
itime a
rchae
ology
and c
ulmina
ted w
ith
the ar
chae
ologic
al do
cume
ntatio
n and
histo
rical
rese
arch
of a
near
shor
e ship
wrec
k, pr
oduc
ing a
site p
lan re
port
on th
e wre
ck si
te. T
he sa
nctua
ry ha
s the
shipw
reck
site
plan n
ow av
ailab
le as
down
loada
ble P
DF on
its w
eb si
te an
d has
insta
lled a
moo
ring
buoy
at th
e site
to fa
cilita
te pu
blic a
cces
s. Th
is is
part
of lar
ger s
anctu
ary e
fforts
to
raise
awar
enes
s of a
nd ac
cess
to ne
ar-sh
ore s
ites,
as w
ell as
utiliz
ing vo
luntee
rs to
help
docu
ment
them.
U.
S. N
aval
Sea C
adet
s Par
tner
with
TBN
MS fo
r Tra
inin
g an
d Re
sear
ch
The l
ong-
term
partn
ersh
ip be
twee
n the
Gre
at La
kes C
hapte
r of th
e U.S
. Nav
al Se
a Ca
dets
via th
e Nob
le Od
ysse
y Fou
ndati
on an
d the
ir tra
ining
vess
el, th
e Prid
e of
M
ichiga
n con
tinue
d in 2
010 w
ith a
class
of ca
dets
obtai
ning t
heir N
autic
al Ar
chae
ology
So
ciety
Part
I Cer
tifica
tion.
In ad
dition
to ar
chae
ologic
al tra
ining
they
rece
ived f
rom
sanc
tuary
staff,
the C
adets
adva
nced
their
dive
train
ing th
roug
h exte
nsive
dive
op
erati
ons i
n the
sanc
tuary.
Amo
ng th
eir ex
perie
nces
, as a
n AAU
S ins
titutio
nal
memb
er, th
e rep
rese
ntativ
es of
the N
oble
Odys
sey F
ound
ation
and S
ea C
adets
, ra
nging
in ag
e fro
m 12
-17,
dove
conc
urre
ntly w
ith sa
nctua
ry ar
chae
ologis
ts on
the
wrec
k of th
e sch
oone
r Oga
rita
to ide
ntify
key c
onstr
uctio
n fea
tures
and t
o com
plete
a sit
e plan
of th
e ship
wrec
k. Ca
dets
from
arou
nd th
e cou
ntry a
ttend
thes
e pop
ular a
nd
uniqu
e pro
gram
s, an
d plan
s are
alre
ady u
nder
way f
or ad
dition
al re
sear
ch an
d tra
ining
op
portu
nities
with
the S
ea C
adets
next
year
in T
hund
er B
ay.
Grea
t Lak
es S
hipw
reck
Ste
ward
ship
– Sh
ipbo
ard
Educ
atio
n
As pa
rt of
our le
ader
ship
role
as th
e Gre
at La
kes S
tewar
dship
Initia
tive (
GLSI
) No
rthea
st Mi
chiga
n Reg
ional
Hub,
the sa
nctua
ry’s e
duca
tion a
nd re
sear
ch te
ams t
ook
Sanb
orn E
lemen
tary’s
5th and
6th gra
de st
uden
ts fro
m Os
sinek
e, Mi
ch. o
ut on
Lake
Hu
ron a
boar
d the
NOA
A re
sear
ch ve
ssel
Stor
m to
explo
re th
e ship
wrec
k of th
e Osc
ar
T. F
lint.
The s
tuden
ts ha
ve pa
rticipa
ted in
a ye
ar-lo
ng P
lace-
Base
d Edu
catio
n pr
ogra
m fun
ded b
y a G
LSI g
rant
with
the sa
nctua
ry se
rving
as th
eir co
mmun
ity
partn
er. S
tuden
ts too
k wate
r sam
ples a
t the w
reck
site
and a
lso w
atche
d san
ctuar
y div
ers d
eploy
a stu
dent-
desig
ned e
xper
imen
t to m
onito
r the
grow
th ra
tes of
zebr
a mu
ssels
on di
ffere
nt su
bstra
tes. C
rew
from
NOAA
Gre
at La
kes E
nviro
nmen
tal
Rese
arch
Lab w
orke
d with
the s
anctu
ary t
eam
to giv
e the
stud
ents
a tou
r of th
e bio
diese
l pow
ered
rese
arch
vess
el St
orm
and a
ssist
with
deplo
ying t
wo re
motel
y op
erate
d veh
icles
desig
ned a
nd bu
ilt by
the s
tuden
ts.
Grea
t Lak
es M
ariti
me H
erita
ge C
ente
r Pro
gram
s and
Exh
ibits
20
10 ha
s bee
n a ba
nner
year
for t
he E
xhibi
ts, P
rogr
ams a
nd E
vents
at T
hund
er B
ay
Natio
nal M
arine
San
ctuar
y. Ov
er 50
,000 v
isitor
s exp
lored
the G
reat
Lake
s Mar
itime
Herita
ge C
enter
(GLM
HC) e
xhibi
ts, le
cture
s and
films
. Spe
cial e
vents
drew
larg
e cro
wds i
nclud
ing ou
r ann
ual G
reat
Lake
s Mar
itime F
estiv
al (6
,000)
, Hall
owee
n Ha
unted
Ship
(500
+), a
nd th
e Gre
at La
kes L
ightho
use F
estiv
al (6
00+)
. Also
notab
le wa
s Nor
theas
t Mich
igan’s
first
annu
al Ea
rth D
ay C
elebr
ation
at th
e GLM
HC –
over
450
stude
nts at
tende
d a da
y-lon
g eve
nt at
the C
enter
featu
ring a
ctivit
ies fr
om ou
r par
tners
at the
U.S
. Fish
and W
ildlife
Ser
vice,
Mich
igan D
epar
tmen
t of N
atura
l Res
ource
s, loc
al Co
mmun
ity S
uppo
rted A
gricu
lture
farm
ers,
Mich
igan S
ea G
rant,
area
recy
cling
ce
nters,
trad
itiona
l outd
oor s
kills
prac
tition
ers,
and M
ichiga
n 4-H
. Tea
cher
s con
tinue
to
take a
dvan
tage o
f exp
ande
d pro
gram
ming
in th
e GLM
HC ex
hibits
, whic
h rea
ched
ov
er 2,
000 s
tuden
ts in
2010
. Fro
m dis
tance
lear
ning b
road
casts
abou
t ship
wrec
k ex
plora
tion t
o pre
scho
ol “S
ea S
tory”
time,
the sa
nctua
ry is
desig
ning a
nd
imple
menti
ng le
sson
s abo
ut the
Gre
at La
kes t
hat im
merse
stud
ents
in ma
ritime
his
tory,
nauti
cal a
rchae
ology
, and
NOA
A sc
ience
.
Tan
e Cas
serle
y, NO
AA
