If you have spent any time at the Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve recently, you may have noticed the trail bridge with some damage. Thanks in part to a new grant, the damaged bridge will be no more. 

The grant given to the Door County Land Trust was a part of the first round of the Community Investment Fund Grants given by Destination Door County in the middle of May. The grant was given for a full construction of a new bridge for visitors and community members to use while they are at the Blufflands. Door County Land Trust Executive Director Emily Wood says the project was a necessity for the area, and goes into detail about what the new bridge will be like. 

The Land Trust was given $75,000 from the DDC, the second most amount of money in the eight different governments and organizations that received money from the grants. However, the cost of the construction of the bridge will be more than the amount of money they received, so fundraising will be required to complete the cost of the project. 

Wood hopes the construction of the new bridge can begin this fall, and an official ribbon cutting may come as early as next summer.