High-End Golf Course Could Degrade State Park Touted By State

I've noted the contradiction between environmentally-destructive plans for a pristine Wisconsin area and Wisconsin state tourism promotion of that area as if no environmental destruction is on the table - - and yet there they go again:

While the skids are being greased for a high-end golf course abutting pristine Kohler-Andrae State Park along the Lake Michigan shoreline - - a plan that includes paving, deforesting, fertilizing and otherwise converting a privately-owned nature preserve into a golf course, club house, parking lot and more - - and also giving the golf course developer some acreage inside the park itself for a building and other purposes- - the state tourism department is touting Kohler Andrea State Park, just as it is right now and has been forever, as one of a handful of "Hidden Gems."

The description and accompanying photo of the site and view of Lake Michigan are breathtaking, so why spoil it?

Kohler-Andrae State Park

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This scenic gem on the shore of Lake Michigan offers a peaceful getaway. Wooded campsites and 2.5 miles of sandy beach. The park features 135 family campsites, 68 with electrical hookups, two group sites, 1 Tepee, and a cabin for campers with disabilities. Camping, vault toilets and electricity available year round. Cross-country ski trails and Nature Center open May through October.