Michigan River Law Breathes Anew

21 January 2003 - 12:00pm

Natural River proposal is first test of Granholm promise.

After years of official indifference about a conservation law that has prevented some of the Midwest’s most beautiful rivers from being ruined by development, anglers and environmentalists are preparing to formally ask the state Natural Resources Commission, the citizen advisory panel overseeing the state Department of Natural Resources, to support designating Michigan's first new Natural Rivers in 15 years.

Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, January 16, 2003
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