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Michigan Senate OKs big changes to natural resources fund

The Associated Press

The Michigan Senate has approved significant changes in how the state buys and improves land for public recreation.SB 0280, passed 24-14 Wednesday by the…

Environment & Climate Change

Natural Resources Trust Fund faces legislative challenge

Stateside Staff

For more than 40 years, royalties from oil and mineral rights on State of Michigan-owned land have gone to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. The…

Environment & Climate Change

State lawmakers propose changes to how land is preserved in Michigan

Michigan Radio Newsroom

by Peter Payette for The Environment ReportFor decades, communities in Michigan have been preserving land with help from the Natural Resources Trust Fund.…

Environment & Climate Change

Conservationists celebrate more than $100 million in state grants

Lindsey Smith

Governor Rick Snyder signed the bill authorizing more than $102 million in grant money for more than 100 recreation projects and land acquisitions across…