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December 16, 2020
The Department of Natural Resources and a renewable energy company in southeast Michigan are hoping to turn an abandoned gravel pit in Crawford County into a massive solar farm.
“We think it’s a win, win all the way around,” says Scott Whitcomb, senior advisor for wildlife and public lands for the MDNR.
For years, the DNR has used the 7 Mile Gravel Pit in Beaver Creek Township as a shooting range and for general public use.
“Folks maybe go there for target practice or things like that, but it’s not a very productive use of the land,” says Whitcomb.