Michigan’s most famous sand dune transforms into giant sledding hill
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
In winter, the iconic Dune Climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore becomes one of the best sledding hills around. | National Park Service photo
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GLEN ARBOR, MICH. Come winter, a sand dune that serves as an icon of Michigan summertime becomes what might just be the ultimate sledding hill.
The famous Dune Climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is one of the park’s top summer tourist attractions, but this time of year, when it’s blanketed in snow, it provides the perfect slope for incredible sledding.
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Insect that kills hemlocks detected in NW Michigan county
February 21, 2021 GMT
HONOR, Mich. (AP) A small insect that can kill hemlock trees by feeding on their sap has been detected at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwestern Michigan.
Earlier this month, surveyors found round, white ovisacs characteristic of the hemlock woolly adelgid on one tree in the Platte River Campground in Honor, Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
The popular campground is in northern Benzie County, southwest of Traverse City.
The insects’ feeding weakens needles, shoots and branches of the trees. Over time, tree growth slows and trees take on a grayish-green appearance.