3/6/21
SLRA Annual Spring Dune Clean-Up Day..
We typically host 2-3 clean up days on the sand dunes every year - one in the Spring, Mid-Summer and early Fall. We feel these events are one of the most critical and important things we can do to preserve the cleanliness and natural beauty of the Silver Lake Sand Dunes for everyone to enjoy.
Our clean-up day events are open to anyone that is interested in helping and all ages are welcome with parent or guardian. We have a lot of fun, laughs and make new dune friends while doing this. You would be AMAZED at some of the junk folks find out there!
Please consider volunteering for one of these days to help us keep our dunes clean and beautiful!
*We are required to follow State Covid-19 safety standards, so please bring a mask to use where necessary, wash hands, social distance, etc.
Volunteers will meet at the DNR booth inside the dune-side parking lot, near the main dune entrance ramp.
Please Register below..
SLRA Annual Spring Dune Clean-Up Day..
We typically host 2-3 clean up days on the sand dunes every year - one in the Spring, Mid-Summer and early Fall. We feel these events are one of the most critical and important things we can do to preserve the cleanliness and natural beauty of the Silver Lake Sand Dunes for everyone to enjoy.
Our clean-up day events are open to anyone that is interested in helping and all ages are welcome with parent or guardian. We have a lot of fun, laughs and make new dune friends while doing this. You would be AMAZED at some of the junk folks find out there!
Please consider volunteering for one of these days to help us keep our dunes clean and beautiful!
*We are required to follow State Covid-19 safety standards, so please bring a mask to use where necessary, wash hands, social distance, etc.
Volunteers will meet at the DNR booth inside the dune-side parking lot, near the main dune entrance ramp.
Please Register below..
2/7/21
Michigan's DNR & Michigan ORV Advisory Workgroup Wants to Hear Your Voice!
An online survey was conducted by the Michigan ORV Advisory Workgroup, in conjunction with Michigan's DNR ORV Trail Improvement Fund Program to gauge the public's concerns and interest on a number of Michigan Trails and Parks used by ORV enthusiasts, including speed limits. The (now expired) link was posted here for folks to participate in and once we hear back with the results of that survey, we'll be sure to update this post promptly.
Michigan's DNR & Michigan ORV Advisory Workgroup Wants to Hear Your Voice!
An online survey was conducted by the Michigan ORV Advisory Workgroup, in conjunction with Michigan's DNR ORV Trail Improvement Fund Program to gauge the public's concerns and interest on a number of Michigan Trails and Parks used by ORV enthusiasts, including speed limits. The (now expired) link was posted here for folks to participate in and once we hear back with the results of that survey, we'll be sure to update this post promptly.
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12/5/20
ORV-Side Lake Michigan Beach Preservation Efforts.. Driving on the Dunes in December??? Well...sort of...... A small rag-tag, but dedicated group of folks from the SLRA, M-DNR personnel and some wonderful local volunteers got together on a chilly Saturday morning in December to install some snow fencing around the massive pools of lake water that had migrated inland due to the high water levels of Lake Michigan over the last few years. Thankfully, the lake water levels have been slowly been receding, which also brings the water table down on the Dunes, effectively making those pools of water shrink in size. Yayyyy! :-D In an effort to capture some of the blowing sand that strips off the beach each year creating low areas, we've installed some snow fence in hopes the effort causes the sand to drop-out of the wind as it slows down and deposit it into those low-lying areas of the beach that easily fill up with water each season. This is an experimental task, but if it works as we hope it does, the ORV side of the Dunes will increase in size back to what it was pre-flood stage for everyone to ride on, while also enlarging the size of the beach for everyone to enjoy this Summer as well. A win-win for everyone! Keep your fingers crossed and we'll see how this goes. :-) |
UPDATE! 2/5/21
It's working! Yahooooo! Looks like the waters have continued to recede and some sand has deposited into the low-lying areas as we hoped. This may have to happen on a larger scale next year to be even more effective, but we think we're on the right track! Check out this awesome ariel drone footage from our buddies over at Dunestars.com - youtu.be/wM-efjSK3TQ 
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