Cover Page MENU Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One, "National Parks Are Where You Find Them:" The Origins of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Chapter Two, "We're Going For The Right Thing:" The Legislative Struggle to Create Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1971- 1977 Chapter Three, Changes on the Land: The Early Management of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1977-1983 Chapter Four Plans, Programs and Controversy: The Reassessment of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1977-1983 Chapter Five, "A Local and National Treasure:" Managing the Sleeping Bear Dunes Park, 1984- 1995 Conclusion, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore At Twenty-Five Appendix One, Budgetary Progress of Sleeping Bear Dunes N.L. Appendix Two, Selected Past and Present Employees of Sleeping Bear N.L. Appendix Three, Selected Visitation Statistics Appendix Four, Public Law 91-479 Chapter 1 Notes Chapter 2 Notes Chapter 3 Notes Chapter 4 Notes Chapter 5 Notes Conclusion Notes Figures Images Bibliography		A Nationalized Lakeshore: The Creation and Administration of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore APPENDIX 3 SELECTED VISITATION STATISTICS 1975 777,000 1976 790,615 1977 838,000 1983 605,760 1984 853.183 1985 897,512 1986 1,309,440 1987 1,320,000 1991 1,246,333 1992 1,237,181 1998 1,298,205 NEXT> Appendix Four: Founding Legislation: Public Law 91-479
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