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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

GAYLORD — A plan to clear-cut 420 acres of state forest land for a solar farm is running into a firestorm of criticism from northern Michigan legislators. The forested land in question is ...

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 ...

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be seeking bids for a solar farm on state land near Gaylord ... especially since the Michigan Healthy Climate Plan appears to recommend the opposite.

(The Center Square) – Democrat and Republican lawmakers have joined to oppose a proposed Michigan solar farm they should would ... s public trust land near Gaylord for the solar project to ...