Visitors can book a trip to campgrounds in and near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest Michigan this summer.

Alligator Hill, within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, is steeped in Michigan history but none of it involves scales ...

Donations from Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes provided the AED and medical training that helped save the visitor's life.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a popular destination along the Lake Michigan coast in west Michigan. Here's where you can buy passes.

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan's 13th Congressional District, is sponsoring a bill that would ban hunters from ...

Bohnak denounced a federal proposal that would ban bear baiting nationwide. In the release, Bohnak called the bill a one-size-fits-all approach that ignores the unique needs of regions like Michigan’s ...

The National Park Service will waive entrance fees for Great American Outdoors Day on Aug. 4, the anniversary of the Great ...

Michigan bear specialist Cody Norton said Wednesday that it’s “pretty incredible” the bear survived and was able to feed himself. The bear first turned up on a trail camera as a cub in 2023.

Two years later, in June, Michigan wildlife officials finally caught up with the now two-year-old bear. They tranquilized him, removed the lid, and set him free — a little lighter, a little ...

So if the Michigan bear has a similar genetic pattern, it is possible one or both of its parents also had white fur. In 1997, a white-colored black bear was seen near Orr, Minnesota, the center said.