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Featured News 

National Park Foundation Awards Sleeping Bear Forever $75,000 Grant

Sleeping Bear Forever Receives $75,000 Grant from the National Park Foundation

Volunteering is Gratifying with Sleeping Bear Forever

Rick Horner shares his experience volunteering on North Manitou Island with Sleeping Bear Forever

Sleeping Bear Folk & Field School Launches!

New hands-on learning experiences invite participants to connect with Sleeping Bear Dunes' landscapes, history, traditions!

We Have a New Name!

We are excited to share an important milestone in our organization’s journey. Same mission, new name. We are is now Sleeping Bear Forever!

Faust Log Cabin Volunteer Window Restoration Workdays

Located at Inspiration Point overlooking Big Glen Lake, this cabin is a jewel in the National Park. Join us for a Window Restoration Workshop!

May is Preservation Month!

It's about more than protecting historic buildings, it's caring for the living heritage

From our Chairman: Together for Sleeping Bear’s Heritage

The power of preservation.

From your Park Superintendent: Honoring America’s 250th

Honoring America’s 250th-Preserving the Past at Sleeping Bear Dunes

2025 Annual Newsletter

Our 2025 Annual Newsletter is out! Check out all the articles to see the impact of Preserve on this Place we Love!

Leave a Lasting Legacy

Make an impact with your meaningful year-end gift that will tell this part of America’s story and inspire all who experience it.
Faust Cabin Giving

Giving Tuesday: Focus on Faust

Donate to help meet our goal of $2500 on Giving Tuesday for our restoration of the iconic Faust Cabin.

Update: Government Shutdown Impacts in Sleeping Bear

Updates on what is opened and closed in Sleeping Bear Dunes during this government shutdown.

Path to Page: Writing and Hiking

Immersive educational programs are a great way to learn more about the park and its history.

Sights and Sounds of Sleeping Bear

Sharing what we see and hear around the park, from beautiful scenery, and heritage landscapes, to the sounds of nature, to capturing songs and sentiments about these special places.

Foundation Repairs

The Project Team has evaluated the foundations of historic structures and have identified several that are in need of urgent attention to stabilize the buildings and make them safe. The team worked with a contractor to train in proper techniques for historic property foundation repair and is currently working on Thoreson house and barn, Martin Basch house, Kelderhouse, and Lawr house.
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Preserving Park Resources since 1998

For nearly 30 years Sleeping Bear Forever, (formerly Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear) has been an impactful partner to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, leading efforts to preserve their unique and significant cultural heritage of 360 historic structures and landscapes listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places; and provide heritage experiences for visitor enrichment. Sleeping Bear Forever is headquartered in and operates the Port Oneida Heritage Center in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, the largest rural historic district in the nation in public ownership.

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Save Sleeping

Bear Forever

Help preserve and share the heritage of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for future generations with your tax-deductible donation.

GIVE TODAY

Your Heritage. Your Legacy.

Founder of Cherry Republic shares his thoughts about the historic farms

Overview of the historic properties in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

A message from Sleeping Bear Dunes Deputy Superintendent

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