Skip to content
Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance Logo Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance Logo
  • HOME
  • NORTHSHORE MARINA DEVELOPMENT
    • Current Status
    • Development Timeline
  • 6 WAYS TO STOP THE DIG
  • THE LAKESHORE
    • The River
      • About the Kalamazoo River
      • The River’s History
      • The River Resources
    • The Community
      • Local Organizations
      • Tri-Community Plan
      • Community Resources
    • The Lake
    • The Beach
      • Resources Beach
    • The Dunes
      • Dunes Resources
    • The Woods
    • The Wetlands
      • Wetlands Resources
  • THE ENVIRONMENT
    • Natural Communities in the Saugatuck Dunes
    • Rare Species in the Saugatuck Dunes
  • TAKE ACTION
    • Donate
    • Join SDCA
    • Subscribe for Email Updates
    • Volunteer
    • Learn More About the Issues
    • Media Kit
  • ORDER BOOK
  • HISTORY
    • Historic Coastal Survey Report
  • NEWS
    • Saugatuck Dunes in the News
  • ABOUT US
    • Our Mission and Goals
    • Supporters and Partners
    • Board of Directors
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT US
FacebookRssTwitter
Previous Next
Saugatuck Dunes Face Imminent Threat

the cultural landscape foundation

Dec 08, 2017
David Swan
TCLF first listed Saugatuck Dunes as a threatened site in its 2011 Landslide: The Landscape I Love. But efforts to protect the lightly settled coastal area at the mouth of Michigan’s Kalamazoo River have been under way for nearly six decades. A significant threat emerged in 2006, when oil tycoon Aubrey McClendon purchased an expansive tract of the dunes fronting Lake Michigan and began to plan a large-scale development. The plan attracted the attention of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which included the dunes among “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places” in 2010. After McClendon’s untimely death in 2016, the property’s new owner, Jeff Padnos, working with a Holland-based development company, Cottage Home, proposed a private marina and gated community that now threaten to mar the landscape and destroy the unique ecology of the surrounding area.  read more
sdca2018-06-25T20:25:51+00:00December 8th, 2017|

Please Share!

FacebookTwitterPinterest

Leave A Comment Cancel reply

  • Recent
  • Comments
  • January 16, 2023 Update from the Coastal Alliance
    January 17th, 2023
  • Saugatuck City Council Approves Public Comment to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    October 25th, 2022
  • Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance Sept. 27 Town Hall to Detail Next Steps to Protect Kalamazoo River Mouth
    September 20th, 2022
  • SAVE THE DATE! Town Hall Meeting
    September 6th, 2022
  • Explanation of Michigan Supreme Court Decision
    August 23rd, 2022
  • Group wins key legal victory in fight against Saugatuck marina development
    August 1st, 2022
  • 160358-9 Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance v Saugatuck Twp
    August 1st, 2022
  • Michigan Supreme Court sides with group opposing removal of Lake Michigan dunes for development
    August 1st, 2022
  • Conservation groups can challenge zoning decision on Saugatuck dune development
    August 1st, 2022
  • Michigan Supreme Court grants major victory to Coastal Alliance!
    July 23rd, 2022
  • Map
    6 WAYS TO STOP THE DIG
    November 4th, 2021
  • July 2021 Alternative Plan on the Proposed Marina at NorthShore of Saugatuck
    July 24th, 2021
  • Jim Morley says:

    Keep up your important wok. Greed for greater wealth & subsequent power…
PLEASE DONATE

CONTACT US HERE
P.O. Box 1013 • Saugatuck, MI 49453
248-302-0798

© Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance
FacebookRssTwitter
Page load link
Go to Top