MICHIGAN'S SHIFTING SANDS. 5 



sand dune upon which timber should be established and maintained in 

 an unbroken stand. The reforestation and sand control of these two 

 Upper Peninsula belts is largely a problem for the Stale because the 

 expense required to control and plant these areas will hardly attract 

 private enterprise and capital. 



THESOl'TIIEKN I'KMNSrLA. TI1K \\KST SHOllK KELT. 



Economically considered the conditions prevailing in the dune regions 

 of the Avest shore of the lower peninsula are opposite to those found in 

 the upper peninsula. Directly adjacent to the waste dune area lies the 

 great fruit belt of Michigan. Land values are high. Farms are operated 

 intensively. Hoth rail and boat transportation make the dune belt 

 readily accessible and lying near are large centers of commercial and 

 industrial activity. The problem of dune control here becomes one of 

 private enterprise because of the element of profit which will follow 

 development. 



Fiu-. 1. Many expedients are resorted to in an effort to hold the drifting sand in 

 This shows an 'at tempi In form a barrier dune near the foot of a serious break. Witl 

 some planting to form a crust at (lie source of tin- blow these expedients are ol 1 e per- 

 manent value. Sand catchers are useful in chaining sand drills and in the removal 

 sand i'rom valuable land. 



Examples are very common along the west shores where large privs 

 have been paid for old established dune lands as summer res,, IMS and 

 summer homes by wealthy people from the cities. Lake Michigan's east 

 shore will one dav be as "real a pleasure resort as any in the I nited 

 States because of 'its accessibility to Chicago and the central south. 

 climate is ideal pure air and ever-constant winds from the lake a.!d in 

 the comfort and pleasure of those who seek rest or health. Adjacent to 

 one of the jrrcatesl fruit belts of the world, the prospect of a summer 

 spent amid the dune forests is an alluring one. The State has a duty to 

 perform to its citizens in encouraging the development of this belt of 



