LANSING — U.P. state legislators are vying for more concentrated and U.P. specific rule making in regards to natural resources with the introduction, last month, of House Bills 4783-4786. The bills introduced by State Reps. Dave Prestin (R-Cedar River), Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock), Karl Bohnak (R-Deerton) and Parker Fairbairn (R-Harbor Springs) would create the U.P.’s own Natural Resource Commission, which would be able to focus on the rules and suggested legislation for the peninsula’s unique wildlife and landscapes.

The bills are currently sitting with the House’s Natural Resources and Tourism Committee and are awaiting a committee hearing before being reintroduced to the House floor. With the state budget now resolved, bills can be further discussed without uncertainty of a government s

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