The Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes spent over $66,000 in support of a wide variety of projects at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The largest projects in 2016 were maintenance of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, recovery from the windstorm in 2015, and the snowshoe program for 4th graders. Click here to see our annual newsletter that describes some of the projects and includes a list of projects we funded. For those of you who want more details about all of the projects we funded in 2016, click here.
What’s in the Plan for 2017?
We will definitely be busy in 2017 with our ongoing volunteer programs, but there will also be several big projects that we will need your help with. We will need volunteers AND donations to accomplish these big goals next year.
- Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail – Annual Operations & Maintenance ($25,000)
- Kettles Trail in the Bow Lakes Region of the Park – We will be building trail, observation deck, and parking lot in 2017 ($40,000)
- Improvements to trails and Lake Michigan beach areas to make it easier for everyone to use. Projects are being identified and developed through an assessment by Park staff and nationally recognized experts. One beach that will definitely be addressed is Glen Haven. ($$ has not been determined yet)
- New wayside interpretive panels for stops along the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive to replace the existing panels that were installed in the 1980’s. ($10,700)
Click here to make a donation for one of these projects or our General Fund.