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

This is a high-voltage power transmission line that runs through public trust land in Otsego County's Hayes Township, seen on ...

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

The company behind the proposed solar panel project in Otsego County's Hayes Township said it won't be using land from the ...

A solar farm proposal on more than 400 acres of state land in Otsego County came as a surprise to both residents and state ...

Some 420 acres of state-managed, forested land near Gaylord, and nearly 1,100 acres near Roscommon, would be leased to solar ...

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

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

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

GAYLORD — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is considering leasing about 420 acres in Otsego County's Hayes Township for a proposed solar farm. The DNR land is adjacent to a planned ...