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Plan developed to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires

Texas Wildfire Mitigation Project

Undated - The Hiawatha National Forest and American Transmission Company have developed an operating plan to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires. The 30-year plan defines what construction, maintenance, and vegetation management activities ATC can perform… gives guidance for activities performed in sensitive areas… and establishes a new communication framework between ATC and Hiawatha.

Under the plan ATC will clear transmission line rights of way to a width of 120-feet. Officials will use an aerial power saw suspended from a helicopter to side-trim vegetation in dense, rough terrain.

Officials say the plan aims to protect public lands and improve the safety and reliability of the transmission system while also providing cost savings for the public, the company, and the agency.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.