Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Archives

The view from a dune at Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

The Metro: Former Sleeping Bear Dunes superintendent warns of cuts to national parks, public lands

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 7, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Huge numbers of Americans took to the streets over the weekend...

The proposed route for Segement 9, which would've completed the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail and brought trail users to the northernmost reaches of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Now, the Park Service says it will pause the project indefinitely due to concerns from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

Sleeping Bear pauses controversial Segment 9 trail extension indefinitely

Ellie Katz November 19, 2024

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will pause work on Segment 9, the final extension of a paved, multi-use trail through...

Flags mark the proposed route of Segment 9 of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail.

Grand Traverse Band, other local groups oppose Sleeping Bear trail extension

Ellie Katz September 23, 2024

There is growing opposition to the extension of a paved, multi-use trail through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.A local township,...