-Fourth In My National Park Series-
“To Conserve a Prime Example
Of North Woods Wilderness…”
President Herbert Hoover,
March 3, 1931
Music: The Banquet of Nature
A truly unique and wondrous place
A royal island, on the Gitchee Gumee
Designated a ‘wilderness’ and a ‘biosphere’
A place containing a most fascinating history
It was formed by an ancient receding glacier
Visited by Native Americans 1,000 years ago
A prime example of God’s ‘Balance of Nature’
A life lesson, that man should leave nature alone
Many species of animals have lived here, over time
The resident moose here had overpopulated the island
Until an ice bridge formed, on a frigid winter, long ago
And some timber wolves came to live on Isle Royale land
The moose here had over-eaten their very own food supply
The wolves now began to pursue the weak and old, as prey
Without this ‘very natural’ balance of order, on this wild isle
There would be no moose and no wolves, residing here, today
And this very natural ‘Circle of Life’ includes many other creatures
Beavers provide aquatic vegetation--moose food--by building dams
And beaver ponds provide needed meadows, for other island animals
If left to its own natural order, God’s sage Creation plan, works grand
To me, ancient Isle Royale National Park is truly a prime example
That we humans have to start re-thinking, how we view our world
If you want to learn about nature, please visit this magnificent place
And a whole new way of looking at Earth’s god-given life, will unfurl
Lake Superior’s Isle Royale was designated to be preserved as a ‘wilderness’ on March 3, 1931, by President Herbert Hoover. It’s designation as a ‘National Park’ was established on April 3, 1940, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. And it was designated as part of the ‘National Wilderness Preservation System’ in 1976 under the Wilderness Act and, it remains today as a prime example of Earth’s ‘natural order.’
Further honors were bestowed on it in 1981, when Isle Royale was designated an ‘International Biosphere Reserve’ by the United Nations, giving it both global scientific and educational significance.
It truly is a wondrous place, to learn.
“Nature Teaches, More Than She Preaches.”
John Burroughs
©2009, Mr. Ed
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I never even heard of this place before - thanks for telling us. You have now planted a Seed in my mind for a new piece - Fort Carroll. will work on it tomorrow.
Tom.
Fee
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. ;D
Thanks for the tour, perhaps if we let them would be the only thing to remind us that once upon a time...
Georg
Anna
"Conserve, Preserve, Deserve!" (c)Amber "V" Moonstone
Nice poetry/story enlightens us all, Ed, thank you for always opening up our eyes to see the true beauty of our Mother Earth.
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"