On one hand, this is just another land use. But on the other hand, I know there’s a lot of concerns about this,” said Scott ...

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 ...

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.

This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media ...

"We thought this is a site we can lease and not do a bunch of environmental harm," said Scott Whitcomb of the DNR.

Controversy over a proposal to lease state land near Gaylord for a solar array has spiraled into a battle over Michigan’s ...

It's a topic that could reasonably be expected to generate controversy: chopping down trees on state-managed Michigan forest land to enable installation of large arrays of private companies' solar ...

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

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is exploring the possibility of leasing about 420 acres of forest land near ...

A controversial plan to clear-cut 420 acres of state forest land for a solar farm is off the table following intense ...