NPS land swapped for utility

When trying to remove yourself from civilization, it’s helpful not to be under a power line.

That was part of the reasoning behind a deal facilitated between the National Park Service and Consumers Power, which needed property to expand a power station within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

“We are doing what is called a land swap,” said Scott Tucker, superintendent at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. “We’ve been working on this for four years.”