Sprawl on the Keweenaw?
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 28, 2001 at 12:05:47
from the I'd-like-to dept.
Tony DeFalco writes: "Sprawl on the Keweenaw Peninsula? If that sounds pretty horrific to you, it should. There is a proposal for a vacation home subdivision to be built on 270 acres between the Devils' Washtub area and the village of Copper Harbor. An option is held by MJO construction to buy the property. The proposal would subdivide and build 100 vacation homes (with 65 being waterfront lots) on land being sold by the Lake Superior Land Company (a subsidiary of International Paper."
This 1.5 mile stretch of Lake Superior and Copper Harbor shoreline is listed as a Conservation Priority Area by The Michigan DNR because of it's five species of rare plants, spectacular scenic beauty, and public access history. MJO has indicated that they will allow public access only to the very narrow rocky point at the end of Hunter's Point. The existing trail from the Marina will be open this summer but will then be closed permanently.
Such development on the Keweenaw will have numerous negative impacts. Loss of public access; impacts to local streams and Lake Superior from increased sedimentation and erosion and other non-point sources of erosion; disruption of various shoreline, wetland, and upland habitats, direct and indirect impacts to flora and fauna there; these are just of few of the impacts to this rare place in Michigan and on Lake Superior.
Before the developer exercises its purchase option, which expires at the end of this month, they want approval for sewage disposal from Grant Township. They have asked Grant Township to extend sewer services. At the very least, the township should require a complete assessment of the direct, indirect and cumulative impacts if the township were to extend the line. Such a process is taking place in Minnesota on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The folks there are taking a pro-active approach to detailing ALL the cultural, environmental and social impacts that sewer extensions can bring to an area.
What you can do:
- Write Grant Twp. Supervisor Ken Korhorn at kbkorhorn@aol.com and tell him how you feel about this issue. Tell him that the township at the very least should require an environmental assessment before granting a sewer line extension.
- Sign up to receive updates about this proposed development and what you can do. Send me an e-mail at defalco@nwf.org
Tony DeFalco
Lake Superior Project Organizer
National Wildlife Federation
506 E. Liberty Street, 2nd Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 769-3351
Fax (734) 769-1449
email defalco@nwf.org
visit nwf.org/greatlakes
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