
Gabby, the Oldest Plover is back home in Sleeping Bear!
GabbY, the oldest piping plover known on the Great Lakes has returned to Sleeping Bear Dunes for another year!

In Leelanau, Our Skyscrapers Are Sand Dunes
Our national parks are great at preservation, including really big sand dunes in Leelanau and Benzie counties!

2025 Cheese Shanty Opening Day: Friday, April 18th!
The Village Cheese Shanty opens for the season TOMORROW, but they will there today from from 10-4 taking your orders over the phone!

Mark Lindsay shares The Soul of Sleeping Bear
Mark has released his first book, The Soul of Sleeping Bear. It’s a beautiful, coffee table book that blends gorgeous photography of the Sleeping Bear with writings on what these vistas can spark in your heart.

(not) Feeding America
Fox 17 West Michigan reports that Feeding America West Michigan has learned that the USDA has “paused” 32 truckloads of food scheduled to arrive from April to June.

Feds Freeze Leelanau Bridge Projects
The Leelanau Ticker reports that the federal funding freeze has already impacted Leelanau County road construction projects

A Letter from the Lakeshore
Letter from a National Forest Service employee who is neck deep in the horrors being perpetrated against the National Park Service and the National Forest Service.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Leelanau!!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone & I hope you have a lovely & love-filled Valentine’s Day & weekend!

Lake to Table with Carlson’s Fisheries
Explore the entire lake-to-table process of taking fish from Lake Michigan in Peshawbestown to Carlson's Fishery in Leland and all the way to a plate at the Cove!

Fishtown Winter by Charles Bonham
Leland’s Fishtown taken January 15, 2025.

Meteors & Moonbeams this Weekend!
EarthSky shares that since the radiant - the point in the sky from which the meteors appear to radiate - for the Geminid Meteor Shower rises in mid-evening, you can watch for these meteors all night long in the days before & after the evenings of December 13-14.

Winter is ready to rumble!
Yesterday afternoon the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch for Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse & much of northern Michigan for 6+ inches of snow & high winds.