Vermilion Today
In early 1970s the Vermilion Life Saving Station and the surrounding 1.5 miles (2.4 km) undeveloped shoreline was privately purchased for preservation and restoration. Vermilion Point is one of the few Great Lakes sites where the Piping Plover has successfully nested. By 2004 it was transferred to the Little Traverse Conservancy as the Vermilion Point Nature Preserve that is used by the Lake Superior State University, the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, and the Michigan Audubon Society for research of the federally endangered Piping Plover and beach plant community succession as well as student hands-on experience in avian ecology. The property is open to the public for quiet recreation – no motorized vehicle is allowed on the preserve and the areas around piping plover nests and bird-trapping nets are restricted.
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