Deep in the Upper Peninsula’s Huron Mountains, among the wildest of Michigan’s wild places, the rugged Michigamme Highlands is comprised of vast forests, remote lakes, cold trout streams, moose-inhabited swamps and granite outcroppings. Now, 73,000 acres of what is arguably some of the most important forest land in the Great Lakes region has been protected and is available for Michigan’s residents to enjoy – forever.
With funding entirely from grants and donations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has acquired a working forest conservation easement to secure these rights for the public while also supporting the state’s forest products industry.
“We are thrilled to have helped to achieve this important milestone for Michigan’s working forests and are particularly proud of the strong partnership we have established with the DNR,” said Sarah Kitz, managing director at Lyme Timber. “The Michigamme Highlands conservation easement will leave a lasting legacy that benefits Michigan’s forests, the public, the regional forest products economy and the environment – at scale.”
Read the full text of the press release here.