SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians announced it has signed a Tribal Forest Protection Act Proposal with the Hiawatha National Forest. The approved proposal includes a $364,000 investment from the United States Department of Agriculture that will support co-stewardship activities to monitor and manage the health of the Upper Peninsula’s sensitive remnant boreal forest ecosystems. Through this Tribal Forest Protection Act proposal, the tribe seeks to protect remnant boreal forest ecosystems that include 4,735,678 acres and are within the 1836 ...