Author: Owen Sound Sun Times
Michigan DNR expands Pigeon River Country State Forest
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources just bought an 8,844 acre area of land in Pigeon River Country State Forest. The public will be able to use the land for hunting, fishing, kayaking, and other recreation.
Michigan regulators approve Saline Twp data center request with conditions
Michigan energy regulators conditionally approved a request Thursday to fast-track approval of contracts to power a planned data center near Ann Arbor.
Cougar cubs seen again in the Upper Peninsula; they were last seen in March
“Where were they for nine months?” said Brian Roell, the DNR’s large carnivore specialist. “That’s a mystery.”
EGLE approves new license for controversial Detroit hazardous waste facility
The new license is “subject to updated and strengthened conditions designed to improve protection of the surrounding community and the environment,” regulators said.
Federal court sides with Enbridge, blocks Michigan’s effort to shut down Line 5
Enbridge sought to stop the state from trying any further to shut down the pipeline, which in Wisconsin, runs through the Upper Peninsula, the Straits of Mackinac, and Lower Peninsula, before ending in Ontario, Canada.