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The Ottawa National Forest is at the western end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. (Photo: USDA Forest Service via Facebook)
Forest Service photo by Randi Ellsworth
Groups fight to keep 16,000 acres of national forest in Michigan road-free
That includes 3,915 acres in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, part of a U.S. Forest Service plan to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Michigan groups are urging people to comment before an Oct. 6 deadline.
Whitney Gravelle, president of Bay Mills Indian Community executive council, speaks out against the proposed tunnel project at a public comment meeting held by the Army Corps of Engineers Sept. 9.
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Michigan tribes file request to overturn state permits for Line 5 tunnel
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