This is a high-voltage power transmission line that runs through public trust land in Otsego County's Hayes Township, seen on ...

Some 420 acres of state-managed, forested land near Gaylord, and nearly 1,100 acres near Roscommon, would be leased to solar developers, and portions clear-cut.

Forestry experts and environmental advocates are questioning Michigan officials’ decision to lease 420 acres of state forestland near Gaylord for solar development. It’s not the actual leasing of ...

DNR leadership recently decided to request bids for a solar project on public trust lands in Hayes Township, just west of Gaylord at the 45th Parallel. The effort would be a companion project to two ...

Manton, criticized the Department of Natural Resources’ proposal to clear more than 400 acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm ...

Controversy over a proposal to lease state land near Gaylord for a solar array has spiraled into a battle over Michigan’s role in the green energy transition. Some lawmakers want to halt all solar ...

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The DNR is following normal procedure when it comes to the possible lease of state forest land near Gaylord for a solar farm. It’s hardly a ‘secret’ process.

The company behind the proposed solar panel project in Otsego County's Hayes Township said it won't be using land from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

“Mind-numbing decisions like this are absolute proof that the DNR is completely rotten to its core,” state Rep. Ken Borton, R-Gaylord, said in a statement joined by Rep. Mike Hoadley, R ...

But the latest proposal by the DNR to lease 420 acres of state-managed forest land near Gaylord for a solar development has blown up into a controversy, and has some — especially the new ...