Beaches
Scientists identify genetics of native beach grass to help protect dunes
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The seed grant could lead to large scale application across the Great Lakes
dunes
Shifting sands: dune lovers address challenges of moving landscape
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A dune summit in Lansing looks at the economic impact of the state’s popular landscape feature and the conservation and management changes ahead.
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Can a name change bring more visitors to Indiana Dunes?
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The National Park Service operates memorials, historic sites, nature preserves, parkways, parks and dozens of other facilities. Sixty-one are national parks and three are national lakeshores. Can a name change draw visitors?
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Road trippers search for dune disrupter’s roots
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They are studying the DNA of baby’s breath to understand why it thrives in unforgiving ecosystems around the Great Lakes and across the continent.
dunes
Dune fans include stormwatchers, ecologists, campers, economists
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Survey is part of attempt to build a dune support community.
Arcadia
Saving Arcadia tells hopeful story of conservation success
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Author Heather Shumaker recounts the multi-generational tale of how grassroots conservation activists successfully saved Michigan’s iconic Arcadia Dunes along the Lake Michigan coastline.
Land
Landscope: A city lies buried under Michigan’s west coast
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Before it was buried in the late 19th Century, Singapore, Mich. was a bustling lumber town on the southwest coast of Michigan. As time passed, it was lost under the shifting dunes.
Nearshore
Photo Friday: The beaches of the Indiana Dunes
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Although Kathleen Stachowski now resides in Montana, the Great Lakes, and Lake Michigan in particular, will always hold a special place in her heart. Born and raised in Michigan City, Ind. near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Stachowski’s life has always been tied to the dunes and the lake. Her childhood was filled with family trips to the lake and the dunes, seeing it then as a place of both wonder and solace. “The dunes had a truly wild feel in those days and not many people went there,” she recalled.
Nearshore
Geoarchaeology research may help protect Great Lakes coastal dunes
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The dunes are much younger and move more quickly than previously thought.
That finding has implications for protecting them.