Michigan pursuing new $50M conservation project for 152K acres in the U.P.

Michigan is pursuing a $50 million conservation project covering 152,000 acres in the Upper Peninsula. The initiative involves a new Great Lakes Basin working forest easement.
The new Great Lakes Basin working forest easement is more than twice the size of the Michigamme Highlands project.
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