The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to cut or burn more than five square miles of trees in southern Oceana County to create a habitat for the endangered Karner blue butterfly.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS Comments postmarked by Oct. 25 should be submitted to: Christopher Frederick at Baldwin-White Cloud Ranger District, 650 N. Michigan Ave., Baldwin, Mich. 49304. Telephone: 231-745-4631, ext. 3138. Fax: 231-745-2345. E-mail: comments-eastern-huron-manistee-baldwin-white-cloud@fs.fed.us
And in other Manistee news...
October 3, 2010
Huron-Manistee National Forest plan violated law
Officials favored snowmobilers, hunters in plan
http://record-eagle.com/statenews/x1760133687/Huron-Manistee-National-Forest-plan-violated-law
Kurt Meister argued that officials favored hunters and snowmobilers over hikers, birders and people who enjoy the quiet of the outdoors. He said the Forest Service disregarded certain procedures when it wrote the plan.