The Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore received two grants in support of the 2017 Snowshoe Hike Program for area 4th graders! One grant from The North Face Explore Fund is to provide transportation costs, snowshoe repair, and classroom materials. The other grant from the National Park Foundation is part of the Open Outdoors for Kids program provides Park Ranger staff and classroom materials and transportation costs for the school groups.
The National Lakeshore will be offering personalized snowshoe field trips for fourth-grade classes in the months of January, February, and March. Students will learn about winger ecology and son science in a hands-on, experiential format while hiking on snowshoes through trails at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Click here to learn more.