KEWEENAW COUNTY – On Sept. 12 the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) submitted an application to the federal Forest Legacy Program for community acquisition of approximately 10,000 acres of forestland on Keweenaw Point currently owned by The Nature Conservancy in Michigan and is part of the Keweenaw Heartlands Project.

During a Keweenaw Heartlands Update meeting in Allouez Tuesday, Scott Whitcomb, director of the DNR Office of Public Lands, said a nomination was completed by TNC, but the DNR must be the applicant.

Whitcomb said the DNR has been interested in the tract of land for a time. The goal in purchasing the land is to retain ownership but transition its management to the local governance entity, probably via a lease.

“One of the things that we’ve been doing most recen

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