Creating and Expanding Federal Wilderness Areas in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Joe Hovel
GRANT NAME:
Creating and Expanding Federal Wilderness Areas in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
GRANTEE:
Environmental Law & Policy Center
LOCATION
Michigan
AMOUNT
$50,000
Year
2021

To pass legislation that designates 50,000+ acres in Michigan’s Ottawa National Forest as Wilderness, and add 2,000 acres of Wilderness to the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness area to protect the ecological, economic, and recreation values.