• Updates about the government shutdown in the park
Important Information about the Government Shutdown
Support the Park During the Shutdown
Updates for Current Volunteers and the Government Shutdown
News
Important Information About Government Shutdown
Important Information About Government Shutdown
Our Volunteers Triple Trash Collection in Fall Cleanup
Our Volunteers Triple Trash Collection in Fall Cleanup
Beat the End-of-Summer Blues
Beat the End-of-Summer Blues
Quick Response Saves a Life at the Platte River
Quick Response Saves a Life at the Platte River
Helping Before Help is Needed
Helping Before Help is Needed
Why looking at the Night Sky is Healthy for you
Why looking at the Night Sky is Healthy for you
Adopt a Trail Volunteer Story: Eric Davis
Adopt a Trail Volunteer Story: Eric Davis
Pyramid Point Through My Eyes
Pyramid Point Through My Eyes
Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace
Your Guide to the Best Beaches at Sleeping Bear Dunes
Your Guide to the Best Beaches at Sleeping Bear Dunes
Bill’s Happy Place: A Volunteer Story from Sleeping Bear Dunes
Bill’s Happy Place: A Volunteer Story from Sleeping Bear Dunes
EMS Funding for Park Rangers
EMS Funding for Park Rangers
A man in a black cap and orange volunteer vest standing outdoors with autumn trees and a view of a river, a lake, and a distant shoreline under cloudy skies in the background.
Volunteer Today
A person in a motorized tracked wheelchair driving on a sandy trail through a grassy dunes area with trees in the background, with a sign on the back that reads 'RESERVE THIS TRACK CHAIR!'
Accessibility
adopt a highway event saturday september 12
Events
A bird standing on a pebbly beach with a white background.

in 2024

  • Welcomed our first-ever Executive Director, Laura Ann Johnson

  • Introduced a new wheelchair-accessible bike and continued the popular track chair program, making the park more inclusive for all visitors.

  • Protected endangered Piping Plovers, supported rare plant and black bear studies, mapped trails with LiDAR technology, and brought a portable planetarium to share the wonders of the night sky.

adopt a trail volunteer on a wooded trail

Provided $262,580

in support of Park Priority projects and trainings, educational programming, trail surveys, and purchasing new equipment to help maintain the Park.

13,000 HOURS

were complete by volunteers supporting the Park