PHOTO COURTESY OF HURON PINES
Thanks to the financial help of The Conservation Fund, the Northern Michigan conservation nonprofit Huron Pines has purchased a 145-acre parcel of land on Lake Huron. The now-protected land — which includes nearly a mile of Lake Huron frontage just south of Tawas City, Michigan — is slated to become a public park in coming years through a $2.5 million project.
“The conservation of this site provides a unique opportunity to protect both shoreline and upland areas while also providing future alternatives for public use and lake access,” says Mike Kelly, director of The Conservation Fund’s Great Lakes office. “There are very few large, intact pieces of property like this remaining along the Michigan shoreline of Lake Huron, so we are thrilled to work with organizations that recognize the significance of protecting places like this for their natural resource values and importance to the communities along the coast.”
To stay up-to-date on the project, visit huronpines.org.
