Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission ...

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 ...

Nobody thought much of 420 acres in Gaylord until a proposal to put solar panels on it. Now, it’s become hallowed ground — and points to the difficulty of meeting Michigan’s climate goals.

Lansing — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is exploring the possibility of leasing about 420 acres of forest land near Gaylord for a solar farm, raising concerns among lawmakers ...

DNR pans to clear a little over half a square mile of forest for solar panels in Otsego County sparked a firestorm of ...

A proposed “thank-you letter” to Michigan state legislators who worked to block the clearing of more than 400 acres of state ...

It is managed by the Michigan Department ... a rare EF-3 tornado that hit the Gaylord area in May 2022. Dropping the 420-acre site may not stop a solar farm development nearby, however.

Michigan is poised to cut down hundreds of acres of forest in order to make space for a solar panel development, MLive reported Thursday. The state will soon start competitive bidding on approximately ...

Northern Michigan lawmakers are calling for the department of natural resources to end its plan to put solar panels in Ots ...

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.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed plans to clear 420 acres of state forestland in Otsego County, near Gaylord, to accommodate a solar farm. This decision follows a ...

It's a topic that could reasonably be expected to generate controversy: chopping down trees on state-managed Michigan forest ... forest land near Gaylord for a solar development has blown up ...