Sleeping Bear Around The Web In April Care to guess the age of the oldest known piping plover in the Great Lakes? Want to learn some tricks to make wild fruit trees on your property bear delicious fruit every year? From news about the Lakeshore’s summer “Wilderness Ambassadors” program to an update…
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Now through October, members of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society and park rangers at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting monthly stargazing adventures for anyone interested in learning their way around the night sky. Here’s a link to event dates and locations coming up…
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What May Come: Top Five Spring Events Classic cars, wine tours and the annual Empire Asparagus Festival—the month of May brings with it a bunch of fun activities and events happening in and around the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Here’s a shortlist of a few local favorites you don’t want to miss. Glen Lake…
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Five Common Wild Edibles Of Spring For People No Good At Finding Morels This one is for all the frustrated morel hunters out there. You know who you are. You know in theory where to find morels. You could probably rattle off 101 tips on how to spot the little buggers poking up through the leaf litter…
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Construction Crews Setback By Spring Snow, But New Section Of Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail Still On Track To Open In May Despite the April’s surprise snow, the new 3.8-mile section of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, running north of Glen Arbor, is still set for completion by Memorial Day. The new…
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