This pint-sized nature preserve near Harbor Springs has trails, butterflies and a secret beach

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Thorne Swift Nature Preserve, a 30 acre tract managed by the Little Traverse Conservancy, includes a diverse ecosystem of cedar forests, cedar swamps, little streams, fresh-coast dunes, a wet meadow blanketed by flowering peppermint, and nearly 1,000 feet of sandy shoreline along Lake Michigan – everything that’s great about Northern Michigan in one place.  Read the full story by MLive.

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