AP writer John Flesher reports that plans announced last week by the Upper Peninsula Power Co. to sell 7,300 acres of land near hydropower dams on several Upper Peninsula rivers for residential development have raised concerns. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service sent memos to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week, saying the company seemed to be planning "extensive shoreline development" that would conflict with license requirements. Among them: providing walk-in public access for hunting, fishing and sightseeing; retaining the shorelines' natural appearance; and protecting wildlife habitat and old growth forests.

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