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For all Fish Orders, contact Christian LeSage 517-449-7073.
FO-216 Minnow, Wiggler, and Crayfish Regulations for Commercial Purposes and Waters that are Closed to the Personal Take of Minnows.
Decision-maker: DNR Director
Information Contact: Scott Goeman, 517-284-5972; Decision-maker: DNR Director
Land ransaction Case No. 20210227
Forest Resources Division – Sault Ste. Marie Management Unit
The Brown Asset Company Exchange
Offered Land: 1/2 undivided interest in 80 acres
Chippewa County, City of Sault Ste. Marie, T47N, R01W
Section 16: An undivided one-half interest in the S1/2 of the SE1/4
Desired Land: 2,175.86-foot-wide x 20-foot-wide
Luce County, McMillan Township, T50N, R08W
Sections 15 and 16: A 20-foot-wide easement for ingress and egress over and across part of the NE1/4 of Section 16 and part of the NW1/4 of Section 15; more accurately described in the case file.
Land Transaction Case No. 20220125 3.76 acres
Parks and Recreation Division – Gaylord District
Cheboygan County, Tuscarora Township, T35N, R03W
Section 24: A restrictive covenant, as fully described in the case file, to be placed on a 3.76-acre parcel in the S1/2 of the section.
Land Transaction Case No. 20220168 .85-acre
Forest Resources Division – Baraga Management Unit
Houghton County, Elm River Township, T52N, R36W
Section 33: A parcel in SW1/4 of the NW1/4 described as: Commencing at the NW Corner of said SW1/4 of the NW1/4, said oint being the P of the parcel to be described; thence S3°16'04" W along the West line of said Section 33, a distance of 280.00 feet; thence S86°43'55" E, a distance of 142.37 feet; thence N3°16'04" E, a distance of 97.35 feet to a point on centerline of Pike Lane; thence N5°51'59" W along centerline of Pike Lane, a distance of 185.00 feet; thence N 86°43'55" W, a distance of 113.00 feet, more or less to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Land Transaction Case No. 20220229 3,580-foot-wide x 66-foot-wide
Wildlife Division – Southeast Lower Peninsula Region
Tuscola County, Millington Township, T10N, R08E
Section 25: An easement along the east-west quarter line in Section 25; as more accurately described in the case file.
Surface Use Lease For An Electric Transmission Line Related Equipment Site Location: Surface Use Lease which provides for the construction, operation and maintenance of an electric transmission line junction site, on 0.22 acres, more or less, of State-owned lands located within the SW ¼ of the NE ¼, Section 32, T31N, R06W, Chestonia Township, Antrim County, has been requested by Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc., of Cadillac, Michigan. Contact: Matt Fry, 517-284-5862, frym1@michigan.gov. Decision-maker: Forest Resources Division Chief.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
1:00 p.m.
Forest Management Advisory Committee
Forest Management Advisory Council, Council Meeting
Michigan United Conservation Club
2101 Wood Street, Lansing, MI 48912
Kim Korbecki, 517-284-5876, korbeckik@michigan.gov
Thursday, January 19, 2023
5:00PM
Pigeon River Country State Forest Management Unit
Pigeon River Country Advisory Council Meeting
Otsego County Library, 2nd floor conference room, 700 S. Otsego Ave., Gaylord, MI 49735
Mark Monroe, 989-329-9827, monroem@michigan.gov
Friday, January 20, 2023
8:30 a.m.
Timber & Forest Products Advisory Council
TFPAC Monthly Short Meeting
TEAMS: Click here to join the meeting
Kim Korbecki, 517-582-3220, korbeckik@michigan.gov
