State Forest Open House Kalkaska

[Jarhead]

State Forest Open House Kalkaska

Forest Management Unit: Kalkaska

Date: 11/12/09

Time: 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: Kalkaska Field Office

Unit Manager: Dave Lemmien

Phone: 231-922-5280

The Department of Natural Resources will host an open house to provide information and receive public comment on proposed forest management treatments for 2010.

Each year, DNR personnel inventory and evaluate one-tenth of the state forest. Information gathered includes the health, quality, and quantity of all vegetation; wildlife and fisheries habitat and needs; archeological sites; minerals; recreational use; wildfire potential and social factors, including proximity to roads and neighborhoods; and use on adjacent lands, public and private. Proposed treatments, which may include timber harvesting, replanting, and other management activities, are designed to ensure the sustainability of the resources and ecosystems.

The open house is an opportunity for the public to review proposed treatments and to provide input toward final decisions on those treatments. It also provides the public an opportunity to talk with foresters and biologists about issues of interest. Maps and information regarding the proposed treatments will be available at the open house, and can be accessed at www.michigan.gov/dnr under the Forests, Land & Water section.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dn...e_279591_7.pdf

[joe_jeep]

they always have these type of meetings on weekdays. i dispise that!