PUBLIC LAND TOWN HALL WITH REPRESENTATIVE WAYNE SCHMIDT

Acme Township Hall

Representative Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City), Michigan United Conservation Clubs and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters are hosting a public land town hall meeting on Monday, February 17, 2014 at 7:00pm at the Acme Township Hall.

Guest speakers will include local experts on public lands and regional tourism, including Glen Chown, founding executive director of the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy.

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Rep. Schmidt introduced HB 5210, which would approve the Department of Natural Resources’ strategic land plan and lift the land cap that was instituted by PA 240 of 2012. The Land Cap Bill, as it was called, required the DNR to create a strategic land plan that had to be approved by the Legislature for the land cap to be lifted.

The DNR has completed that plan, available here, and MUCC supports lifting the land cap through HB 5210. Public land is critical to public hunting, fishing and trapping access, and the DNR’s plan lays out strategies to guide how it manages those goals.  It is still working on completing more specific criteria for it to use in acquiring and selling public land.

Doors open at 6:30. The Acme Township Hall is located at 6042 Acme Rd, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Here’s a link to HB 5210 with the list of it’s sponsors;

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/billintroduced/House/pdf/2014-HIB-5210.pdf

Here is a link to another perspective from Jason Gillman at RightMI.com;

http://rightmi.com/too-much-private-property/