General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement; Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Benzie and Leelanau Counties, Michigan

摘要

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was established by the U.S. Congress in 1970 by Public Law 91-479. Part of the national park system, the National Lakeshore, which consists of a mainland portion plus North Manitou and South Manitou islands (71,291 acres total), is in the northwestern portion of Michigans Lower Peninsula. The mainland portion straddles Benzie and Leelanau counties. The Manitou Islands, entirely in Leelanau County, are located about 7 miles to the northwest in Lake Michigan.