Keep It Wild - Keep It Whole - Make It Grow
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From Alison and David Swan
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Current Status of the Land Swap Applications
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The City of Holland and Laketown Township continue to pursue Saugatuck
Dunes State Park as a location for a regional water plant. The DNR's initial opinions
on the Holland proposal, made public by the Holland Sentinel, are negative. They have
not, however, culminated in a letter from the new Parks Chief (See below) advising
that Holland's application be rejected. Holland, according to the DNR, is investigating
bore technology (to lay the pipeline) which, in our opinion, does not address the
problem of the pumphouse, access road or treatment plant. In April, the former Parks
Chief advised rejection of the Laketown proposal. However, Laketown asked for and
received time to revise that proposal. The DNR granted this request and awaits a new
proposal from Laketown.
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New Parks Chief at the DNR. Rod Stokes, Friend of the Park, Has Retired
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Rod Stokes has retired--yes, the one who wrote the powerful
April 11 letter
defending the park against the water plants. The new acting chief, Vicki Anthes, needs
to hear from us. Write or call:
Vicki Anthes, Acting Chief Parks and Recreation Bureau
Lowen Schuett, Assistant Chief Parks and Recreation Bureau
Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 30028
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-9900
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Tell Holland, Laketown, and Allegan County to Respect the Sovereignty of the Park
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The City of Holland (Call City Manager Soren Wolf and Mayor Al McGeehan
at (616-355-1301), Laketown Township (Call Township Manager Al Meshkin and Laketown
Township Building Authority President Robert Scanlan at 616-335-3050), and the
Allegan Board of Commissioners (616-673-0205) need a new wave of letters and phone
calls asking them to back off and go elsewhere for water. You'll find contact info on our
Government Contacts page.
If you want more detailed info on who's who,
email or phone David Swan (616-857-8234).
If you don't have access to email, phone us or write: P.O. Box 1136, Saugatuck,
MI 49453.
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Use Your BPW Bills to Let Holland Know What You Think
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One of our members wrote: "A thought occurred to me while making out
a check for my utilities to Holland's BPW. What if everyone who sends their utility
invoice and check back to their energy provider wrote a small message on the invoice:
'Please do not build any part of a water plant inside Saugatuck Dunes State Park.'
The beauty of this idea is you could do it once a month, everyone could do it
(e-mail or no), and the message would certainly go up from the accounts receivable
dept. to the top." Great idea! Pass it on!
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