Sign petition

To the editor:

Do you love TART Trails AND Sleeping Bear Dunes? Unfortunately, we must choose between the two regarding the proposed extension of the Heritage Trail because dunes at the north end of the National Park face destruction in order to (someday?) connect the bike trail across to Suttons Bay. The 22 mile Heritage Trail will soon get 4 more miles if the National Park/TART Trail plan goes forward. Pink ties mark the route.

TART’s mission to connect communities is at odds the National Park’s mission to preserve nature because massive retaining walls, boardwalks and asphalt trails destroy nature. TART’s hopes for the future should not take precedence over a National Park’s imperative today.