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What a logging proposal in the U.P. says about conservation, too

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
The Ottawa National Forest is at the western end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. (Photo: USDA Forest Service via Facebook)

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a massive logging project in the Ottawa National Forest, which covers the furthest western corner of the Upper Peninsula, where it borders Wisconsin.

The proposed project could log more than 80,000 acres of forest land. An environmental assessment by the federal government says the project would have, quote, “no significant impact.”

But environmental groups say despite efforts to the contrary, there could still be unintentional harm. We talk with reporter Laura Herberg, from Bridge Michigan, whose full story is here.


Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editing: Steve Junker
Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Austin is a freelance reporter and producer based in Bellaire.
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director and the local host of "Morning Edition."