Concerned Citizens for Saugatuck Dunes State Park ("Concerned Citizens") is a steadily growing grassroots group of more than 1000 individual members and twelve organizations who believe Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Natural Area ("the Park") belongs to the citizens of Michigan. The Park's Master Plan, designed by a local citizens advisory committee and approved unanimously by the Natural Resources Commission in 1982, set aside this tract of land for nature study and preservation, and low impact recreation. Concerned Citizens believes that remains the best possible use of the Park's resources.

Concerned Citizens does not believe that a water plant can be built in or next to the park or maintained there without causing permanent damage and threatening the Park's status as a premier location for nature study and preservation, and for a wilderness experience. Concerned Citizens asks the State of Michigan and the Department of Natural Resources to honor the spirit of the 1982 Master Plan by committing themselves to careful stewardship of the Park. Concerned Citizens will provide whatever support it can in that stewardship, and requests that park users be included in any decision-making processes that affect the Park.

In regard to the proposed water intake facility (intake, pumping station, pipeline, and treatment plant), Concerned Citizens calls for a moratorium on the application process until a Public Hearing can be held and all concerns and questions adequately addressed.