By Jade Sutherland
HIGGINS LAKE – With the start of July, South Higgins Lake State Park tends to be a popular tourist destination.
Unfortunately, with people comes litter. In order for people to enjoy nature and the best beach that middle lower Northern Michigan has to offer, people need to be more considerate of nature and water ways the outdoor community use for entertainment. We spend the day, or weekend, there and some people tend to not be considerate of the wildlife that we are leisurely enjoying.
According to the State of Michigan, more than 200,000 tourists and natives visited South State Park in 2017, according to the South Higgins State Park General Management Plan (Page 44).
With the park and area businesses being short staffed across the region, the DNR asks that people be responsible with the resource by picking up after themselves, animals, and their children. It’s up to everyone to maintain the park and the lake for future use.
