FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 15, 2015

Contact: Patricia Harlow, 517-284-5940 or Ed Golder, 517-284-5815

DNR to auction surplus public land starting Jan. 12; most parcels located in eastern U.P. and northern lower Michigan 

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced it will offer surplus public land for sale by sealed-bid auction between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10, 2016. The auction will feature 22 parcels located in counties mainly in the eastern Upper Peninsula and in northern lower Michigan, including Alpena, Arenac, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford, Gladwin, Mackinac, and St. Clair.

Properties range in size from less than an acre to 240 acres. These lands are isolated from other DNR-managed land, are difficult to manage and provide limited public recreation benefit. Several of the parcels are forested and have riverside or lake frontage and are better suited for private ownership. In particular, this auction is highlighting six parcels amounting to more than 680 acres in Adams Township, Arenac County.      

Information on the auction, including the minimum bid price, property descriptions and conditions of sale is available at www.michigan.gov/landforsale. Property listings will not be available for bid until the auction start date (Jan. 12). At that time, instructions for submitting a bid and printable bid forms will be provided at www.michigan.gov/landforsale. Sealed bids must be postmarked by midnight Feb. 10 and will be opened Feb. 22.

Additional properties remaining unsold from previous auctions also are listed for sale at the former minimum bid price. Click on DNR Surplus Land to BUY NOW!

Printed property information may be requested from the DNR Real Estate Services Section, P.O. Box 30448, Lansing, MI 48909-7948. For general information about the sale of surplus, state-managed public land, contact Patricia Harlow at 517-284-5940.

Most properties offered at auction were acquired through tax reversion; the proceeds provide future outdoor recreation opportunities in keeping with the mission of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.