Thanks to the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund, projects being organized by the Friends groups at three different state parks in Door County will be possible. The State Building Commission announced last week that the Friends groups at Whitefish Dunes State Park, Peninsula State Park, and Potawatomi State Park each received $20,000 grants for various projects. The Friends of Peninsula State Park is using their grant to help fund its outdoor amphitheater and walkway project while the Friends of Potawatomi State Park is using their allotment for picnic shelter extensions. It will be easier to get around the Brachiopod Trail at Whitefish Dunes State Park as they work to make it more handicap accessible and develop additional signage. Friends of Whitefish Dunes State Park President John Nelson says the funding will allow them to get the project done much quicker than they could have if they had to fundraise it all by themselves.

The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program was developed in 1989 to preserve natural areas and expand outdoor recreation areas in Wisconsin.