BY CONSUELO MCABOY
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking public involvement with finalizing plans for Northern Michigan forests.
To accomplish that, the DNR will host open houses for the public.
The open houses will be held in October and serve Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties.
The purpose is to provide residents, neighbors and stakeholders information about the DNR's proposed treatment plans and allow them to weigh in on final decisions.
Susan Thiel is a spokesperson for the DNR. She said it's important to get the public's opinion.
"This is a public resource and so we do want to get input from various public, whether they be nature lovers, hunters, just one so they are aware of what we are doing and often times these public can provide us more detailed information than we may know."
Thiel says the DNR evaluates one tenth of the state forest each year before creating a management plan.