Nature Conservancy buys Lake Michigan island

St. Martin Island in Lake Michigan will remain a migratory bird habitat permanently, as the remote island was purchased by the Nature Conservancy recently.

 

Excerpt: The Nature Conservancy said Wednesday it has bought most of an uninhabited Lake Michigan island that provides crucial stopover habitat for migratory birds, assuring it will remain permanently undeveloped and protected.

 

St. Martin Island is part of a chain stretching between Wisconsin's Door Peninsula and Michigan's Garden Peninsula in the northwestern corner of the lake.

 

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