NEWS RELEASE Contact: Info@moosealliance.org December 3, 2025 GRAND MARAIS, MN: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), 1854 Treaty Authority, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and nonprofit organization National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (NPLSF) have launched a new initiative to study moose fertility and mortality in Northeast Minnesota. “Moose are a vital part of our Northern Minnesota landscape, with deep ecological and cultural connections

From budget cuts to the government shut down, 2025 brought challenges to our national parks. For National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (NPLSF), however, it was a time of enormous progress. We rallied support for our parks at the most difficult times and launched several important new programs. Partnerships were the key to our success in 2025, and will continue to be the foundation of our work as we move into 2026, our 20 th  Anniversary Year. “Two of Lake Superior’s nati

Fred Stonehouse on a Legend of Lake Superior Edmund Fitzgerald bow anchor, lost in 1974, on display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. On November 10, 1975, the 729-foot SS Edmund Fitzgerald vanished without a distress call during a violent gale on Lake Superior. All 29 men aboard were lost. The last transmission from Captain Ernest McSorley was, “We are holding our own.” The Fitzgerald was the largest Great Lakes ship when it was launched and remains the largest and most famo