Nearshore

Undisturbed, Prehistoric Sand Dune Discovered at MSU

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(NY) Treehugger – The sprawling campus of Michigan State University takes in 5,200 acres. There are trees that shade the landscape and a Red Cedar River that runs through it. Researchers have just found a 16,000- to 20,000-year-old sand dune on the campus, too, beneath a grove of pine trees. The dune, between buildings called Demonstration Hall and Munn Ice Arena, is one of the most southerly located that researchers have ever seen in Michigan. More

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Saving the Amsterdam Dunes

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(WI) Sheboygan Press – In the southeast corner of Sheboygan County sits 323 acres of rolling sand dunes, forest and wetlands representing one of the last major expanses of undeveloped – and unprotected – wilderness on the western shores of Lake Michigan. For years, developers have been eyeing the privately-owned site – known as Amsterdam Dunes – for homes, a convention center, marina and even a casino. But if county planners have their way, all but a fraction of the property will remain untouched. More