Western UP fall colors
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Here is a satellite view of the UP. You can really see the color change.
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Foliage Network's Midwest report for October 10
From (click →) The Foliage Network! | Foliage Reports, as of today (October 10, 2019)
Wisconsin's Northern Highlands and from ≈Ironwood to ≈Iron Mountain, MI and north through much of the Huron Mountains is now at Peak Color, with Houghton and Keweenaw counties and the eastern UP still hanging in with Moderate Color.
Leaf Drop from LaCrosse through Wisconsin's Northern Highlands to ≈Iron Mountain and all of the UP is reported as still Moderate.
From (click →) The Foliage Network! | Foliage Reports, as of today (October 10, 2019)
Wisconsin's Northern Highlands and from ≈Ironwood to ≈Iron Mountain, MI and north through much of the Huron Mountains is now at Peak Color, with Houghton and Keweenaw counties and the eastern UP still hanging in with Moderate Color.
Leaf Drop from LaCrosse through Wisconsin's Northern Highlands to ≈Iron Mountain and all of the UP is reported as still Moderate.
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Foliage Network's Midwest report for Monday, October 14
From (click →) The Foliage Network! | Foliage Reports, as of Monday (October 14, 2019)
In spite of the stunning colors in some of the pictures in John's Journal entry of October 13, 2019, "A Dandy" and other posts in this thread, it ain't necessarily over yet:
Wisconsin's Northern Highlands and south of a line from ≈Ironwood through the Huron Mountains, and north of ≈Iron Mountain, MI through Chippewa and Mackinac Counties at eastern end of the UP is all at Peak Color, while Houghton and Keweenaw counties seem to still be hanging in with Moderate Color.
Leaf Drop north of a line from ≈LaCrosse through ≈Green Bay and all of the UP is reported as still Moderate, with areas to the south still showing Low Leaf Drop.
Not very many days left for this year …
She's warming up!
From (click →) The Foliage Network! | Foliage Reports, as of Monday (October 14, 2019)
In spite of the stunning colors in some of the pictures in John's Journal entry of October 13, 2019, "A Dandy" and other posts in this thread, it ain't necessarily over yet:
Wisconsin's Northern Highlands and south of a line from ≈Ironwood through the Huron Mountains, and north of ≈Iron Mountain, MI through Chippewa and Mackinac Counties at eastern end of the UP is all at Peak Color, while Houghton and Keweenaw counties seem to still be hanging in with Moderate Color.
Leaf Drop north of a line from ≈LaCrosse through ≈Green Bay and all of the UP is reported as still Moderate, with areas to the south still showing Low Leaf Drop.
Not very many days left for this year …
She's warming up!
Yep its the Bond falls. I would like to be there sometime when the alarm goes off!! LOL. The power company I believe (frnash???) spent most of the money building that park. The steps along the south side are pretty neat. Get up close to the action!! Can you guess where this is?
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Yes, that was done by Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO).
Unless I’ve been away far too long, that’s the iconic view of the (click →) Wikedypedia: Lake of the Clouds, from the Lake of the Clouds Overlook at the west terminus of the former Michigan Highway M-107 in the Porcupine Mountains.
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Eastern UP colors are top shelf this year also
More about Bond Falls and UPPCO (circa 2002-2009).
More about Bond Falls and UPPCO (circa 2002-2009); It took a bit of searching to find this citation:
UPPCO sold its “non-project lands” around these reservoirs in December, 2005 to Naterra Land, a Minnesota-based Realty firm. Naterra then quickly announced plans to subdivide the non-project lands into lots for hundreds of residential homes. The SMP proposal outlined UPPCO’s plans to develop the FERC project lands closest to the reservoirs by building lighted docks, paths from the homes to the water, marina facilities, and other amenities primarily designed to benefit the adjacent homeowners.
In 2009 UPPCO bought back substantial acreage from Naterra to settle a breach of contract lawsuit in which the latter company alleged UPPCO had not provided accurate information about easements, pier placements, and future dam repairs.
See (click →) UP Environment, (the quarterly newsletter of the …
(click →) Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition)
FALL 2011, quoted here in part:
More about Bond Falls and UPPCO (circa 2002-2009); It took a bit of searching to find this citation:
UPPCO sold its “non-project lands” around these reservoirs in December, 2005 to Naterra Land, a Minnesota-based Realty firm. Naterra then quickly announced plans to subdivide the non-project lands into lots for hundreds of residential homes. The SMP proposal outlined UPPCO’s plans to develop the FERC project lands closest to the reservoirs by building lighted docks, paths from the homes to the water, marina facilities, and other amenities primarily designed to benefit the adjacent homeowners.
In 2009 UPPCO bought back substantial acreage from Naterra to settle a breach of contract lawsuit in which the latter company alleged UPPCO had not provided accurate information about easements, pier placements, and future dam repairs.
See (click →) UP Environment, (the quarterly newsletter of the …
(click →) Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition)
FALL 2011, quoted here in part:
Foliage Network's Midwest report for Thursday, October 17
From (click →) The Foliage Network! | Foliage Reports, as of late Thursday (October 17, 2019)
For much of Wisconsin north of a line from ≈LaCrosse through ≈Green Bay and all of the UP, the color was finally reported at Full Peak today, with just a small section of Wisconsin's Northern Highlands now Past Peak.
Pretty much all of the same area is now showing Leaf Drop as Moderate, with with the same small section of Wisconsin's Northern Highlands now with High Leaf Drop.
I hope we'll see stunning photos posted here of this Peak Color in the few remaining days before the show is all over for the year.
From (click →) The Foliage Network! | Foliage Reports, as of late Thursday (October 17, 2019)
For much of Wisconsin north of a line from ≈LaCrosse through ≈Green Bay and all of the UP, the color was finally reported at Full Peak today, with just a small section of Wisconsin's Northern Highlands now Past Peak.
Pretty much all of the same area is now showing Leaf Drop as Moderate, with with the same small section of Wisconsin's Northern Highlands now with High Leaf Drop.
I hope we'll see stunning photos posted here of this Peak Color in the few remaining days before the show is all over for the year.