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Jeffery Garrett BY C Ma n a g er Phone: 715.781.3958

Email: Jeffery.BYC@Gmail.com www.brickyardcreekcommunity.com

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B r ickya rd Creek i s an env i ronmenta l res iden t ia l communi ty on the shores o f Lake Super ior ded icated to ac t i ve

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“When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect”. …Aldo Leopold

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!!!Aldo Leopold – Professor at the University of Wisconsin best known for his book A Sand County Almanac, Leopold was also a scientist, ecologist, and environmentalist. Influential in the development of land ethic he broadened the scope of community to include soil, water, plants, and animals. His ideas on wilderness conservation and wildlife preservation had a profound impact on the environmental movement. !

“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”

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Gaylord Nelson – Senator and Governor of Wisconsin best known as the founder of Earth Day. Nelson was a lifelong advocate for the environment and instrumental in establishing the Wilderness Act, the national trail system, and the Environmental Protection Act. He furthered his commitment to conservation and sustainability by serving on the board of the Wilderness Society. In his honor the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness was created within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore covering eighteen islands and 35,000 acres.

“The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something for today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”!

David Culberson – Co-developer and visionary of Brickyard Creek. He is a leading advocate of a new method of development that co-mingles nature and manmade structures in a way that allows the natural environment to be the focal point of site design. His philosophy has given the community of Brickyard Creek the feeling of being “of” the land, and not simply “on” the land.

“We cannot teach and we cannot learn about the importance of our natural environments unless we personalize the experience.”

Sigurd Olson – Nature Writer and leading advocate for the protection of wilderness. As a conservationist Olson served as an ecologist for the Izaak Walton League of America, as president of the National Parks Association, as president of the Wilderness Society, and as an advisor to the National Park Service. He helped to draft the Wilderness Act and became influential in he protection of several wilderness areas including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. His enduring impact to preservation continues through the aesthetic and philosophical aspects of his nature writing. !!!

“You can measure soil, and you can measure water and trees, but intangibles never.”

Old Rail Trail - The former railroad bed of the Bayfield Transfer Railway once crossed Brickyard Creek as it travelled through the sawmill community at Roy's Point between 1898 and 1922, connecting Bayfield to Red Cliff and to the lumber camps located on the peninsula. Originally conceived as a freight and passenger train, the Transfer ultimately became a private logging railroad owned by the Wachsmuth Lumber Company. The Old Rail Trail begins near the cul-de-sac at the top of Sophie Lane and follows the old rail bed to the point where it meets Brickyard Creek Trail by way of a steep wooden stairway leading down to the riparian landscape below. Immediately, a hiker is surrounded by the sound of the creek singing its way to Lake Superior, the end of its journey.

Brickyard Creek Trail: This trail follows the creek as it meanders through the BYC boreal forest in it final leg before emptying into Lake Superior at its mouth on the BYC beach. Brickyard Creek journeys three miles through the forested highlands, down from its far westward reach. At its source, the creek is fed by cools springs and is strengthened by the melting snow and rainfall drawn from the broader Brickyard Creek watershed. Throughout the deep riparian forest where Brickyard Trail joins the creek, a hiker can experience the gentle to torrential flow of Brickyard Creek waters as they move past changing seasons and native plant communities. Each of the other BYC trails also empties into Brickyard Creek Trail, and as the creek itself, will take the hiker to its final destination on the beaches of Lake Superior.