Easement Exchange UPM and Minn Power

Easement Exchange between UPM Blandin and Minnesota Power will Restore 160 Acres of Forestland:UPM Blandin and Minnesota Power have agreed to an easement exchange that will re-establish 160 acres of forest land north of Taconite. MP is vacating an existing utility easement for No. 94 transmission line on Blandin forest land. In exchange, Blandin has granted MP a 130-acre utility easement on UPM land north of Nashwauk to establish an electric transmission line that will shore up regional reliability for Iron Range communities and the area's Essar Steel project.This project restores more than 70 acres of wetlands and 90 acres of upland forest, and reconnects approximately 15,000 acres of forest land.