New Wilderness Area in the UP?

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore may house the newest Wilderness are in Michigan.

“MUNISING — The effort to designate the 11,739 acres of the Beaver Basin as wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is making its way to Congress.

The National Park Service is working to finalize the establishment of the Beaver Basin Wilderness Area, which is one component of the park’s General Management Plan completed and approved in 2004 after five years of planning and extensive public involvement.”

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