16 Sustaining the Forests by Konnie LeMay 
New methods and new options let one of the largest industries around Lake Superior see the forests and the trees.

24 5th Annual Photo Contest Winners
In a snap, our photo-savvy readers captured some award-winning moments of the lake, the people and wildlife.

30 A Romantic Interlude by Bridget Falbo
If you can’t find something romantic in the month of Cupid … or anytime … on the shores, you’re not really trying.

35 Under the Waves 
     by Drs. Sarah A. Green & Elise A. Ralph
The first report from the lead scientists on a massive study of water circulation around Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.

Special Section: Rooms With a View
41 The Lake Behind Those Better Homes
The person improving your Better Homes and Gardens is none other than … a Lake Superior native.

54 Theatre at the Top by Peter Fergus-Moore
A couple finds a treasure trove of Hollywood memorabilia due north in Nipigon, Ontario.

OUR COVER Fishnets near Outer Island in Wisconsin caught photographer John Noble’s eye and the photo contest judges’ attention. See Page 24.

  3 Letters to the Editor

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Meet Us)

  5 Around the Circle

 11 Lake Superior Journal
     L’Anse Needed 
        a Lighthouse
     James R. Marshall

 39 Books & Gifts 

 50 About the Boat
     How ’Bout 
        a Convertible
     Rod Burdick

 52 My Lake Superior
     Why Did You 
        Come Here?
     Kaite Gotham

 57 Regional Calendar of
        Events

 62 Advertiser Index

 63 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

 64 View•Point
     You Guessed It