House sends White House first conservation bill since 2010

Published March 4, 2014 12:00am ET



Congress passed its first conservation bill since 2010 on Tuesday when the House approved legislation protecting more of Lake Michigan’s shoreline.

The House sent a measure to President Obama’s desk that would expand the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Glen Arbor, Mich., by 32,500 acres. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., sponsored it in the Senate, and Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Mich., took the House lead.

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