Sprouts:Saving the Saugatuck Dunes 

Diverse segments of a community in Southwestern Michigan have worked together for decades to save the Saugatuck Dunes and Kalamazoo River mouth from threats of development.

The latest threat, a proposed marina, would devastate habitat, viewsheds, and Potawatomi traditional cultural property. It features Potawatomi voices speaking about why the river and landscape are important and why they're fighting to preserve the place. 

Matthew Bussler, Lakota Hobia, Liz Binoniemi-Smith, David Swan 

Sprouts is a weekly collaborative program showcasing local stories produced by community radio stations and grassroots media groups around the world. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio and offered free to all radio stations. For information, or to feature your work on Sprouts, contact Ursula Ruedenberg: ursula@pacifica.org.  

Produced by Tamara Dean.
https://tamaradean.media/