MICHIGAMME, MI-- A conservation corridor with links to existing protected areas is planned for a remote region in the western Upper Peninsula.
The nonprofit Nature Conservancy says the 6,172-acre Wilderness Lakes Reserve in the Michigamme Highlands area is being expanded by 4,854 acres of forest and wetlands. The conservancy says it will create a mostly contiguous 19,000 acres of conserved forestland when combined with neighboring Craig Lake State Park.
Wilderness Lakes Reserve is about 40 miles northwest of Marquette.