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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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If you are interested in doing more to support the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and other National Park Service areas, you have many park support opportunities to chose from.
Volunteer Over the last few years, volunteers have contributed over 50,000 hours removing nonnative plant species, monitoring wildlife, providing information to visitors, working at the Au Sable Light Station, protecting the resources, and clearing and maintaining the trails.
Purchase merchandise from the park's bookstores, managed by Eastern National. Proceeds from merchandise sales go toward interpretive projects and education programs at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Donate to the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation, a nonprofit organization working in coordination with four National Park Service areas to fund preservation projects and education programs.
directly to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. You may choose to earmark your gift for a specific purpose, or place it in the Superintendent's Donation account.
Leave No Trace. Take only pictures, leave only footprints. Learn how to enjoy your park while leaving it in as good as, if not better, condition as you found it.
Share your ideas on how the parks can best be managed so as to preserve them unimpaired for future generations.
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"...to promote and regulate the use of the...national parks...which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
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![The National Parks of Lake Superior Foundatin seeks to support U.S. National Parks on Lake Superior. The National Parks of Lake Superior Foundatin seeks to support U.S. National Parks on Lake Superior.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508003302im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/PIRO_NPLSF-65x65.jpg) National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation supports your U.S. national parks. more... | | ![Paddle to the Sea is available at the on-line bookstore and bookstores at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Paddle to the Sea is available at the on-line bookstore and bookstores at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508003302im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/PIRO_PaddleSea-65x65.jpg) America's National Parks on line bookstore more... | | ![The logo for the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is a purple circle with its name and green swirl in the middle. The logo for the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is a purple circle with its name and green swirl in the middle.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508003302im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/PIRO_q5nu5kyf.gif) Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics more... | | ![The National Park Service volunteer emblem. The National Park Service volunteer emblem.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508003302im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/PIRO_VIP-patch.jpg) Volunteer opportunities at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore more... | |
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![Mineral seepage creates the vibrant colors shown on this close-up photo of the Pictured Rocks cliffs. Mineral seepage creates the vibrant colors shown on this close-up photo of the Pictured Rocks cliffs.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508003302im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/PIRO_MineralStain-DYK.jpg) |
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Did You Know?
Mineral stains give color to the famous cliffs of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Red and orange colors are iron, black is manganese, white is limonite, and green is a trace of copper. There are no pictographs or petroglyphs on the Pictured Rocks cliffs (that we know of).
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Last Updated: October 19, 2006 at 16:22 EST |