“If there’s a spill I’m done. Our marina is done. Our 225 employees are done.” —Chris Shepler, president, Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry
In the News
Dangerous straits (Journal Sentinel, January 18, 2017)
A new coalition of Midwest business leaders is formed to decommission Enbridge Oil Company’s massive pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac (Great Lakes News, January 12, 2017)
Businesses Band Together in New Group Against Oil Pipeline (9and10News, January 11, 2017)
Michigan business owners take aim at oil pipelines to protect environment, livelihoods (Crain’s Detroit, January 11, 2017)
Bell’s Brewery, Shepler’s Ferry form group to oppose Enbridge Line 5(MLIVE, January 11, 2017)
Just Talk Line 5, with Chris Shepler and Brad Shamla (WCMU, December 16, 2016)
Activists highlight risk of oil spill at Mackinac Policy Conference (FREEP, June 1, 2016)
Should Line 5 be shut down (MyNorth, September 1, 2016)
A ruptured Line 5 could ruin Shepler’s Ferry, other Mackinac Island business (Fox 2, June 6, 2016)
What lurks beneath the Great Lakes? An oil pipeline that couldn’t be built today. (Chicago Tribune, December 31, 2015)
Retire aging Straits of Mackinac oil pipelines to protect Great Lakes, island (Crains Detroit Business, May 24, 2015)