Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore – The Betsie Current Newspaper

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Once More Unto the Beech

Staff Reports October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

Beech trees, passenger pigeons, and the struggle to survive in Northern Michigan

2024 , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 12 , Non-Profit , Print Editions , Running , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Disaster Averted

Aubrey Parker October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

The importance of being prepared at Sleeping Bear Dunes

2024 , Businesses , Canoeing , Featured Stories , History , Issue 6 , Maritime History , Nature , News , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Stand-up Paddle Boarding , Swimming

Riverside Canoes Celebrates 60 Years

Jacob Wheeler July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 0 comment

And wins National Park lawsuit, again

2024 , Bakery , Businesses , Farms , Featured Stories , Issue 5 , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Their Land or Our Land?

Jacob Wheeler June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 0 comment

Can we coexist with black bears?

2024 , Essays , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Swimming

Winter Swimming in Lake Michigan

Staff Reports January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 5 comment

Multi-generational group finds community and resilience in cold water

2020 , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Frankfort or Ludington? The Mystery of Father Marquette’s Death, 345 Years Later

Staff Reports June 4, 2020July 10, 2020 1 comment

2019 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 12 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Unburied Treasure

Jed Jaworski December 15, 2019 1 comment

Erosion from fall storms and record high water levels revealing shipwrecks

2019 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Issue 9 , Nature , Noah Sorenson , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Growing Pains

Jacob Wheeler September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 0 comment

Sleeping Bear Gateways Council aims to help National Lakeshore

2019 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Wanted: This Tick-magnet Hiding Place

Staff Reports May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 0 comment

Japanese barberry has become one of Northern Michigan’s least-wanted plants

2017 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 4 , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Preventing Drowning Deaths

Jacob Wheeler April 3, 2018 0 comment

National Park increases water-safety awareness

2017 , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Nature , Non-Profit , Print Editions , Scientist / Researcher / Ecologist , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Once and Future Otter Creek

Staff Reports April 3, 2018April 6, 2018 0 comment

An ode to brook trout and the river ecologists who study them

2017 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Baby’s Breath: One Person’s Bouquet, Another’s Nemesis

Staff Reports May 20, 2017September 11, 2017 0 comment

Removing invasive species from Elberta Beach

2016 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Rainy Day Activities for Kids

Nicole L. Bates August 4, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Benzie County has more than just beaches

2016 , Businesses , Canoeing , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports

Booze Cruise: Animal House on the River

Jacob Wheeler July 21, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

National Park tries to curtail dangerous behavior on Platte River

2016 , Events , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Baby Bears at Sleeping Bear

Staff Reports July 7, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Especially for kids at the National Park

2016 , Essays , Featured Stories , History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

African-American Pioneers in Benzie County

Staff Reports July 7, 2016February 9, 2023 4 comment

Their imprint on our collective history

2016 , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Scott Tucker: Sleeping Bear’s New Leader

Staff Reports May 26, 2016December 28, 2016 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2015 , Essays , Featured Stories , History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Cottage Names in a Favorite Place

Beau Vallance September 9, 2015 0 comment

The many ways people name paradise

2015 , Nature , Print Editions , Running , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports

Running the Platte Plains Trails

Nicole L. Bates September 1, 2015August 31, 2015 0 comment

4 Mile Out-and-Back or 4.6-Mile Loop

2015 , Horticulture , Iconic Person , Landscaping , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Aftermath of Glen Arbor’s storm is a growing opportunity

Staff Reports August 31, 2015 0 comment

Straight as the Pine, Sturdy as the Oak

2015 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Landscaping , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Community Resilience After the Megastorm

Jacob Wheeler August 31, 2015 0 comment

How Glen Arbor picked itself up

2015 , Events , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports , Stand-up Paddle Boarding

From Beyond the Horizon: A jubilant Frankfort crowd greets the paddlers from Wisconsin

Staff Reports July 7, 2015 1 comment

By Nancy Bissonnette Bordine They gathered on the shore of Frankfort Harbor, all eyes on the horizon. The breeze ruffling their hair was subtly chilled from traveling over the yet cold waters of Lake Michigan. The white silhouettes of three boats approaching the shore gave them great relief, for those boats were the guardians escorting […]