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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Democrat and Republican lawmakers have joined to oppose a proposed Michigan solar farm they should would potentially destroy more than 400 acres of state forest. A bipartisan letter to Department of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...