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Gogebic County board asks commissioner to draft letter pressing Michigan DNR on Commercial Forest Act enforcement
Summary
After a public comment and a presentation alleging the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is failing to regulate timber harvesting on land enrolled in the Commercial Forest Program, the Gogebic County Board authorized a commissioner to draft a letter to the DNR and state legislators expressing concern.
Rod Ritter presented the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners with an allegation that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is not adequately regulating timber harvesting on land enrolled in the state Commercial Forest Program, a matter he said could amount to a violation of duties under the Commercial Forest Act. The presentation occurred during the board’s Dec. 17 meeting in Bessemer.
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