Environmental Politics and the Creation of a Dream: Establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Appendix One: A Chronology of Significant Events Regarding the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

319 Appendix One a chronology of significant events regarding the apostle islands national lakeshore August 1928 President Calvin Coolidge visits the Apostle Islands January 11, 1930 A bill to authorize a study of the Apostle Islands for a national park (enacted May 9, 1930) January 20, 1931 Report by Harlan P. Kelsey recommending that a national park not be created in the Apostle Islands August 1931 Second National Park Service investigation of a proposed national park in the Apostles 1934–35 The National Park Service recommends that Wisconsin create a state park in the Apostle Islands 1935 Joint resolution of the Wisconsin Legislature to investigate a state park in the Apostle Islands and to inquire regarding a national park 1935 Third National Park Service study of a national park in the Apostle Islands March 19, 1936 Conrad L. Wirth closes the file on a proposed national park in the Apostle Islands 1939 The Wisconsin State Planning Board recommends a state park in the Apostle Islands 1940s World War II interrupts planning for state or national parks, including the Apostle Islands March 1950 Milwaukee County Conservation Alliance calls for a study on the feasibility of acquiring all of the Apostle Islands 1955 Joint resolution of the Wisconsin Legislature for the possible acquisition of the Apostle Islands 320 appendix one August 1955 Approval by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission of a “Policy on Acquisition of an Apostle Islands Wilderness Area” January 1959 Wisconsin Conservation Department buys Stockton Island January 1959 Wisconsin Conservation Department establishes the Apostle Islands State Forest consisting of Oak, Stockton, Basswood, Hermit, and Manitou Islands May 10, 1962 Bad River Tribal Council requests a study of the feasibility of the establishment of a “National Shoreline-Recreational Area” in the Bad River Reservation May 22, 1962 Wisconsin Governor Gaylord A. Nelson presents the Bad River Tribal Council Resolution to Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall June 11, 1962 Edward Crafts, director of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, inspects the area 1963 President’s Recreation Advisory Council establishes criteria for National Recreation Areas January 26, 1963 Citizens’ Committee for an Apostle Islands National Lakeshore established March 25, 1963 First draft bill prepared on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore September 1963 First National Park Service master plan September 24, 1963 President John F. Kennedy visits the Apostle Islands October 22, 1963 Decision made not to have the lakeshore be a collaborative federal-state project April 4, 1964 Secretary Udall establishes the Department of the Interior’s North Central Field Committee’s Subcommittee November 11, 1964 Second draft bill prepared January 7, 1965 Third draft bill prepared Early 1965 Fourth and fifth draft bills prepared March 1965 Sixth draft bill prepared March 15, 1965 North Central Field Committee’s Subcommittee Report submitted to Washington July 1965 Seventh draft bill prepared August 27, 1965 Eighth draft bill prepared a chronology of significant events 321 August 28, 1965 Public release and meeting on the Report of the North Central Field Committee’s Subcommittee September 7, 1965 U.S. Senate bill S. 2498 to establish the lakeshore introduced September 8, 1965 U.S. House of Representatives bill H.R. 10902 to establish the lakeshore introduced October 1965 Red Cliff Tribe has float on Apostle Islands in Apple Festival Parade; Tribal Council endorses lakeshore October 10, 1965 Bad River Tribal Council opposes lakeshore February 2, 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson calls for completing studies on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore January 30, 1967 President Johnson calls for an Apostle Islands National Lakeshore February 1967 Bad River Tribal Council endorses the lakeshore June 1967 Red Cliff Tribal Council neutral regarding lakeshore June 2, 1967 Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles and the Wisconsin Conservation Commission endorse the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore June 1–2, 1967 First U.S. Senate Hearings on the lakeshore August 21, 1967 Senate passes lakeshore bill 1968 Richard M. Nixon elected president; Walter Hickel appointed Secretary of the Interior January 1968 National Park Service prepares a new lakeshore master plan July 29, 1968 Second Senate hearings on the lakeshore March 13, 1969 Red Cliff Tribal Council in opposition to lakeshore March 17, 1969 Third Senate hearings on the lakeshore June 26, 1969 Senate passes lakeshore bill August 19, 1969 First House hearings on the lakeshore August 19, 1969 Bad River Tribal Council in opposition to lakeshore September 1969 The Nixon administration calls for a freeze on new park authorizations; all national recreation and park hearings...