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Yellow Dog River Community Forest Expansion Fundraising Campaign
YDWP has acquired 557 acres of river frontage upstream from and adjacent to the existing Yellow Dog River Community Forest! This once-in-a-lifetime acquisition was made possible by the generosity of a family foundation, who provided a $1 million grant and a $400,000 loan to complete the purchase. The Carls Foundation now has offered to help…
Sponsorship Opportunity: Remove Community Forest acreage from commercial forest designation
Many who love the Yellow Dog River have visited our Community Forest, with its rambling trails through mature woods and alongside iconic waterfalls. After the initial purchase in 2016, we were able to reserve nearly 200 acres as a wilderness zone. For most of the rest, we were obliged by the state to develop a…
State of Michigan Approval of Grant for Copperwood Mine Reveals Rifts in the Environmental Movement and the Need for Dialogue
By Brian Noell, Communications Director, YDWP On Tuesday, March 26, the Michigan Strategic Fund board voted unanimously to approve a $50 million grant to Canadian-owned Highland Copper to aid in development of a sulfide mine adjacent to Lake Superior and Porcupine Mountain State Park. Although the result was not unexpected, it and the subsequent public…