Michigan Public Land Review Draws Praise, Little Criticism

In each county, DNR meets with public about its plans to keep or sell property

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July 17, 2005, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

A decade after a northern Michigan state senator questioned the purpose of holding on to the states vast domain of publicly owned land, the Department of Natural Resources is conducting a painstaking, county-by-county assessment aimed at consolidating those lands and managing them more efficiently. The top-to-bottom review of Michigans entire 4.5 million acres of open land has already yielded one important initial result: In May 2004, the DNR formally determined the boundaries for all state forests, game and wildlife areas, parks, and recreation areas. The department is now working on the reviews final stage deciding what do with land it owns outside of those boundaries.

Thanks to Keith Schneider

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