FOPPI Blog

We have made some great friends over the years by leveraging our combined strengths and resources to meet each of our objectives. Last month we had the opportunity to work with the awesome folks of the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association in search of the elusive Plymouth shipwreck and last year we took them on a search for the F.J. King, which they found! They've created a great video, with snippets of what it's like to be underwater archeologists (aka shipwreck hunt

We've recently learned that our claim to fame, 'The last remaining Roosevelt-style boathouse on the Great Lakes' isn't exactly true . . . there is another one! It is located at Eagle Harbor, MI on Lake Superior. However, we still do hold bragging rights to having the last remaining Roosevelt-style boathouse on WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN! Thanks to my friend, Jeff Shook I am humbled once again!! The Eagle Harbor boathouse is quite similar to ours, was built in 1939, and is curre

America's National Wildlife Refuges need your voice. The President's FY2027 budget proposal would reduce funding for the National Wildlife Refuge System from approximately $522 million to $417 million. The Refuge Association is urging Congress to instead provide $761 million for the National Wildlife Refuge System Operations and Maintenance account to ensure refuges can continue protecting wildlife, restoring habitat, and serving the public. Taking action is quick and easy. S

In January of 1915 George E. Fox wrote an in-depth article in the Wisconsin Archeologist, he wrote: ‘On Plum Island, about the harbor at the northern end, is another village site, according to inhabitants of Washington Island. This is the one reported to the Society by Mr. G.A. West. Two other reports of early Indian cultivation from this vicinity are recorded in “A Record of Wisconsin Antiquities,” p. 320. One refers to cultivation on Plum Island.’ He also notes that ‘