Ensure the future of your forest through the Forest Legacy Program

  • Aerial view of the Black River Ranch forest, a Forest Legacy Program-enrolled property bordering the Pigeon River Country State Forest in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula.
    Aerial view of the Black River Ranch forest, a Forest Legacy Program-enrolled property bordering the Pigeon River Country State Forest in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula.

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    How do you protect your forest for future generations?

    Michigan’s Forest Legacy Program offers some options. It provides the state with funding to purchase or secure conservation easements on environmentally important forest lands to ensure that our next generations can enjoy them as well. The Forest Legacy Program is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service …