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Critics worry about the environmental impact. The Park Service says strict regulations will protect the area.
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A new report shows the final segment of the trail would require retaining walls in a critical dune area, plus boardwalk across wetlands.
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The Great Lakes are home to the largest coastal dune ecosystem in the world. These vulnerable dunes support a variety of unique plants, insects, and animals – including an endangered, tiny bird.
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North Manitou Island is like a petri dish. It shows what happens when the deer exhaust a food supply, and all the young plants and greenery are eaten to a nub. It’s a cautionary tale about the entangled fates of whitetail deer and the forests they inhabit.
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North Manitou Island is like a petri dish. It shows what happens when the deer exhaust a food supply, and all the young plants and greenery are eaten to a nub. It’s a cautionary tale about the entangled fates of whitetail deer and the forests they inhabit.
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Invasive insects can burrow inside firewood and ride along with visitors. But a new manufactured product could help keep forest pests out of the national lakeshore.
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The National Park Service runs the hunt in an effort to eradicate deer from North Manitou.
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Visits to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore have been down the last couple of months.
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Invasive insects can burrow inside firewood and ride along with visitors. But a new manufactured product could help keep forest pests out of the national lakeshore.