DNR panel discusses U.P. forest health on Media Meet

Program airs this weekend on Public Television and Public Radio
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Upper Peninsula DNR News

Nov. 9, 2016

Contact: Bob Heyd, 906-228-6561 John Pepin, 906-226-1352

Panel discussion on U.P. forest health airs this weekend on Public Television

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced broadcasts of WNMU-TV13’s “Media Meet” discussion on forest health issues in the Upper Peninsula airs this weekend.

The program with DNR staff and host Bill Hart focuses on several issues facing forest health in the regionA DNR panel discusses U.P. forest health issues on Media Meet, which airs this weekend on Public Television and Public Radio in Marquette. including spruce budworm and emerald ash borer infestations.

DNR panelists for the show include Bob Heyd, Forest Health Management Program leader, Roger Mech, Forest Health Monitoring Program leader and James Peace, lead ranger at Lake Gogebic State Park.

The program will initially air on WNMU-TV13 at 6:30 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 12 and will be rebroadcast at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.

The broadcast will reach viewers across the U.P. and parts of northern Wisconsin. A week after the initial broadcast, the television program will be available online at: http://wnmuvideo.nmu.edu/program/media-meet/.

Public Radio 90 will air the program at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, repeating at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14. The program will also be available on Public Radio 90’s podcast at: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wnmu/.jukebox?action=programs.

For more information on forest health, visit the DNR’s website.

/Note to editors: An accompanying photo is available below for download. A suggested caption for the photo follows.

Panel: Bob Heyd, DNR Forest Health Management Program leader, second from left, makes a point in a discussion with Media Meet host Bill Hart. Listening and looking on is Roger Mech, DNR Forest Health Monitoring Program leader, right, and James Peace, lead ranger at Lake Gogebic State Park, left./


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.

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