Michigan Natural Resources Commission

Grand Traverse Band Council Expresses “Outrage” at Renaming of T.C. State Park after Keith J. Charters

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From the letter sent yesterday to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission by the tribal council:

By motion enacted today, the Tribal Council of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (“GTB”) protests the renaming of the Traverse City State Park. The new sign proclaiming the “Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park” is an outrage, given that Mr. Charters is responsible for an additional 825 feet of beach not being added to the park. We refer to the adjacent property immediately west of the state park beach area (including Mitchell Creek before it flows into East Bay), which is now open space and beachfront where our “Cross Creek” motel previously was located.

Here is the letter:

03-21-12 MI-NRC ltr

Mich. Bear Hunters Assn v. Mich. Natural Resources Commission — Bobcat Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Michigan DNR’s attempt to authorize a bobcat trapping season has been approved by the Michigan Court of Appeals, reversing a lower court judge that had enjoined the rule:

Michigan Bear Hunters v. Michigan Natural Resources Commission [Mich. Ct. App.]

Lower Court Injunction [Ingham Cty. Ct.]