This photograph pair is from a location on the Lake Michigan Camp and Retreat property, the operators of which kindly allowed access for our research. While the 1915 photograph shows vegetated backshore and foredune areas, possibly from a planting program, the 2019 shows the addition of woody vegetation on the lower dune landscape. This suggests the foredunes in the foreground and midground of the 2019 photograph may become stabilized in a manner similar to the second dune area on the right that has been stabilized by trees since at least 1915.
LAT: 43.757009, LON: -86.453706
Photo Credit – 1915, Univ. of Chicago; 2019, Kevin McKeehan, Michigan State University.
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