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The status of Isle Royale as a Biosphere Reserve does not mean sovereignty
passes from the US to the UN or that control passes from the NPS.
See, for instance, http://www.goldfever.com/art/un_bios.htm. Isle Royale
is only one of many areas in the US that is part of the MAB program
(see http://www.usmab.org/brprogram/usbrl.html,
http://www.nwi.org/Maps/WildernessData.html).
That said, public meetings are currently being held by the NPS to discuss
a proposed new management plan (St. Paul Wednesday night, Duluth last night
- I don't know the rest of the schedule). One of the options discussed
was to limit visitation. However the current "preferred" option basically
involves trying to keep visitor groups apart, specifically hikers/canoeists
and powerboaters. I think the only impact on divers will be an indirect
effect from the fact that most divers arrive by powerboat - some bays would
be closed to powerboats under the proposed plan.
The current 140ffw limit is only for dive charters (even then I think
it depends on the quals of the person running the charter - if they
are mix certified they may be able to run mix charters with deeper limits.
Even with the 140 you are still getting 10ffw more that if they took PADI
recomendations). If you are diving from a private boat they don't limit
your depth.
David Middleton
(an alien :-)
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