If you're feeling like you've heard this story before... you're right.
Senator Tom Casperson-R (Escanaba) has introduced a bill, Senate Bill 78, that would prohibit the DNR from setting aside an area of land specifically for the purpose of maintaining biological diversity (basically, to protect the variety of plants and animals that live in an area). The DNR could not make or enforce a rule to do that.
This bill is similar to one Senator Casperson introduced last fall, SB 1276.
Casperson says he’s concerned the DNR wants to set aside too much land, and that people won’t have access to it.