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With lake levels dropping, some Lake Michigan beaches are making a comeback just in time for summer
Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune
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A birder explores the Montrose Beach Dunes on April 7, 2021.
A gull looked out from a perch and surveyed Lake Michigan’s southern shore. With a turn of its head, the bird clocked visitors in search of beach glass, a boy to the right rolling down the dunes and a brave spring swimmer fully submerged. A long sweep of sand under a bright sky called out to the Memorial Day crowd.
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People walk on the sand along the edge of the Montrose Beach Dunes protected area where it will be expanded to the north. ....

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