As soon as President Obama signs the wilderness bill that the House passed on March 4 (the Senate passed the companion bill in June 2013), 32,500 acres of wilderness in the Sleeping Bear Dunes ...

The U.S. Senate passed a bill to designate nearly half of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as wilderness. LANSING — Congress is one step closer to preserving nearly half of Sleeping ...

More: Study: Trail extension near Sleeping Bear Dunes would require removal of ... Earliest surveyors laid it all on the line in untamed wilderness Though construction on Segment 9 was once ...

You'll experience dunes, coastal trails, beautiful beaches, and manageable daily hiking distances. The expedition begins and concludes with a beach day in the scenic Empire area of Sleeping Bear Dunes ...

The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan ... setting aside of 45 percent of the land as protected, roadless wilderness. The federal parkland headquartered at Empire in the ...

EMPIRE, MI — Some 32,500 acres of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was formally dedicated as protected wilderness this weekend. The ceremony on Friday, May 30 at the No. 3 dune ...

(AP) - A 13-year struggle to protect fragile characteristics of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was celebrated Friday, as 32,500 acres were dedicated as wilderness. The designation was ...

Earlier this month, Congress passed the first bill designating a new wilderness area in five years—the longest lapse ever between such designations. The bill specifically protects 32,500 acres at ...

SLEEPING BEAR DUNES, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU ... of former Camp Greilick "I just love being outdoors and being in the wilderness," said Jenna Rogind. And for the last couple of days, home for ...

But TART and Sleeping Bear Dunes officials say Segment 9 is the ... the trail extension would potentially impact sensitive wilderness areas, including wetlands; state-threatened pinedrops, a ...

The National Park Service and a trail-promoting nonprofit organization are moving forward with plans for a controversial trail segment at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, despite a local ...