January 20, 2019 Michigan township tells homeowners they don’t own the trees on their property The township of Canton, Michigan makes it a crime to remove any “tree” (defined as anything with a three-inch wooded stem) without a permit….
October 16, 2018 Forest Service criminalizes use of motor boats on Michigan lake After spending many summers on Crooked Lake in the U.P., we finally purchased our own lakefront property in 2010. Like generations of Michiganians before us,…
February 12, 2018 Court affirms landowners’ ‘valid existing rights’ to use motorboats near lakefront property The area was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1987 by the Michigan Wilderness Act, which expressly preserved “valid existing rights.” Under…
March 17, 2017 Michigan landowners testify about Forest Service harassment, seizure of property Hinkson testified he was approached, unannounced, by USFS and Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials about the location of his camp. Casperson’s constituent was…
