The final stages of official acceptance as an underwater preserve is now underway. A celebration is in order, so stay tuned!
(Update 4/14/08) The GTBUP Proposal was submitted Sept. 2006 and has passed the Legislative Service Bureau review! The next step was the Public Hearing which was scheduled for June 28th at 7 p.m. at the NMC Maritime Academy, Room 112. No opposing comments were presented, only supportive comments! The GTBUPC Council meeting soon followed to follow up on items preparing for the upcoming Summit. Special Guest was Tom Graf, MDEQ Land & Water Permits Division. However, since the MDEQ didn't recieve any formal written notice from the Lansing State Journay (Newspaper), the process now has to be repeated again, which will delay the process another 2-4 months! Next Public Hearing was scheduled for September 11th, 2007. in Traverse City at the Maritime Academy. A few individuals showed up with no opposing comments.
March 19th, 2008: Everything was released to JCAR where it needed to go through 15 Legislation session days (House and Senate). The process is nearing completion and the GTBUP is within 5 weeks of becoming "Officially" the 12th Underwater Preserve in Michigan.
To follow the approval process, please go to this link.
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History was made in
With top of the line acoustic technology (MS1000 Sector Scan with tilt-head, profile, and imaging combined) provided by Kongsberg Mesotech, Brian Abbott, geophysicist and engineer from Nautilus Marine Group, joined Dr. Mark Holley, Ph.D. in Underwater Archaeology, members of the GTBUPC and NMC students for two and a half days of sector-side scanning in Grand Traverse Bay. To facilitate this survey, a very generous donation of a
To view some of these images, click on the name of the site. (Elmwood, AJ Rogers, Metropolis, Tramp & Tramp2, Wood Pile). More information will be posted when the post analysis is complete. We'll also post a collection of our images in the “Photos” section of the web site, so please check back often! All images are protected under copyright laws and are the property of Nautilus Marine Group and GTBUPC. Please contact webmaster for redistribution.
Images of significant interest will be analyzed, and findings will be posted later in the season. View the complete list of historical shipwrecks documented to date. View the map and read the Summary of Underwater Cultural Heritage. (courtesy, Ken Vrana, President of Archeology & Maritime Heritage International and Professor of Underwater Archeology, NMC). If you would like to be a support diver on these survey trips, please contact Dr. Mark Holley. We will always need a few divers on these local trips in the
A carving on the stone.
