Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station (now the Maritime Museum) was built in 1901 to house the crew and equipment which would be called upon to save the lives of passengers and crew of ships in distress in the Manitou Passage. The U.S. Life-Saving Service was merged with the Revenue Cutter…

After 11 seasons at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, education technician Craig Olsen retires. His path into parks, his favorite beach, and his advice for people starting out.

Dutch elm disease and the emerald ash borer stripped Michigan's wetland forests of their trees. Park rangers, Forest Service scientists and two Anishinaabe tribes are replanting one with disease-resistant elms.

Beach fires are allowed at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, but buried coals can burn feet and spread invasive species. Here's how to do it right.

Automated "frog loggers" record the calls of frogs and toads at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In 2019 they heard five of the park's six species; the northern leopard frog went silent.