DNR leadership recently decided to request bids for a solar project on public trust lands in Hayes Township, just west of ...

A plan to locate a solar farm on state-owned land in northern lower Michigan was scuttled before bipartisan criticism of the ...

This article was updated from the version that appeared in the Jan. 9 print edition of the Avalanche. The proposed lease of a 420-acre portion of state land by the Michigan Department of Natural ...

Democrat and Republican lawmakers have joined to oppose a proposed Michigan solar farm they should would potentially destroy ...

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

Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays.

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

Some Michigan lawmakers are up in arms, demanding answers and pink slips from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

Kakridas said they reached out to all landowners adjacent to the project, including the Michigan Department of Natural Resources but ultimately decided to move forward with two private landowners in ...

Michigan lawmakers are upset over a state plan to lease 420 acres near Gaylord for a nearby solar farm. Now, the company ...

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

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed plans to clear 420 acres of state forestland in Otsego ...