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Preview	Name	Overall	Comments
	Row of Empty Campsites
	Looking Out
	Cabin Interior
	Cabin Front
	Cabin Interior
	Looking Down
	Going Up
	Emily Looking Towards the Lake
	Dunes then Lake
	Dunes then Lake
	Steps
	Trust Fund Sign		MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND Since 1976, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, using revenue from the development of state-owned mineral resources, has helped the people of Michigan to acquire and develop more than 46,000 acres of high quality recreational lands or preserve lands that are environmentally sensitive or special in nature. Significant projects in Western Lower Michigan Boyle Lake State Game Area Berrien County Acquisition of this 350-acre parcel, which includes a 15-acre lake, has provided more land for public recreation in southwest Michigan where there is little public ownership. The site offers good habitat for wild turkey, deer, and other wildlife, and anglers must hand-carry boats down to the lake. Allegan State Game Area Allegan County Trust Fund revenues have enabled the purchase of thousands of acres of private land that was mixed in with public land at numerous DNR managed units throughout the state. Since 1984, more that 4,000 acres of such "in-holdings" have been acquired for the Allegan State Game Area. Saugatuck Dunes State Park Allegan County The Trust Fund Board always has placed a high priority on acquiring Great Lakes shoreline for public use. In 1994, a 22-acre parcel of dunes and mixed hardwood/pine forest was purchased for Saugatuck Dunes State Park, including more than 500 feet of frontage on Lake Michigan. Hart-Montague Trail State Park Muskegon and Oceana counties One of Michigan's four linear state parks, the paved 22-mile Hart-Montague trail is part of a developing statewide trailways system, most of it acquired with Trust Fund revenues. The abandoned railroad corridors are converted into multipurpose recreational trails, popularly know as rail trails. White Pine Trail State Park Kent, Montcalm, Mecosta, Osceola and Wexford counties Stretching nearly 92 miles from Grand Rapids to Cadillac, this trail crosses 14 open deck bridges along its five-county length. The largest bridge is 319 feet across the Muskegon River, north of Big Rapids. A portion of the trail also is open to snowmobile use. Wm. Mitchell State Park Kent, Montcalm, Mecosta, Osceola and Wexford counties Since 1992, the Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center has offered visitors the opportunity to learn about Michigan's trapping, hunting and fishing heritage. The center and 2.5-mile nature trail that winds through 70 acres of woods and wetlands were built with Trust Fund support.
	Entrance Sign
	Dune in the Parking Lot
	Mt. Fuller
	Trust Fund Sign		MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND Since 1976, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, using revenue from the development of state-owned mineral resources, has helped the people of Michigan to acquire and develop more than 46,000 acres of high quality recreational lands or preserve lands that are environmentally sensitive or special in nature. HISTORY: Some resources, such as wildlife, fish, and forests, are renewable resources that can be replenished and enhanced constantly. Other resources, such as oil and gas, are not renewable. Once taken, they are gone forever. In the early 1970s, the discovery of oil in the popular Pigeon River Country State Forest prompted several oil companies to apply for rights to drill in this pristine wilderness, which is home to Michigan's elk herd. This touched off a heated debate between those concerned with the environmental impact of drilling on public lands and those who felt that drilling could occur with minimal impact. Eventually, a compromise was reached which allowed drilling in the forest provided that sufficient environmental protection was ensured and that lease revenues and royalties would be used for the purchase of new recreational lands for public use. When the original Land Trust Fund was established with the passage of the Kammer Recreational Land Acquisition Trust Fund Act of 1976, it was hailed by environmentalists, conservationists and recreation groups as an investment in Michigan's future. In effect, the Trust Fund would allow the people of Michigan to trade two valuable nonrenewable resources, oil and gas, for another nonrenewable resource--land. Though originally a land acquisition program, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1984, creating a new Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund that could be used to both purchase land for resource protection and public outdoor recreation and develop outdoor recreational facilities. During the first 25 years of its existence, the Trust Fund has provided more than $540 million for state and local land acquisition and natural resource development projects in every county in Michigan. These projects have included some very special tracts of land--places such as the Pigeon River Country State Forest and St. John's Marsh; hundreds of miles of frontage on the Au Sable, Manistee and other significant inland rivers and hundreds of acres of precious Great Lakes shoreline. The Trust Fund is the single most important tool available to state government to deal with preserving public lands for future generations. It will help ensure our children's children will have the opportunity to walk the sandy beaches of Lake Michigan, to hunt pheasants over a good dog, to view a delicate natural area, to catch walleye in the Saginaw River or to see and hear Michigan's majestic elk.