Riparian Rights

What Are Riparian Rights in Michigan?

Who owns the land under the water? Can I install a dock in front of my house? Where can I moor my boat? What can I do if my neighbor’s dock encroaches onto my property? These questions all refer to a landowner’s riparian rights. Etymologically, … Read More
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Kuhn Rogers Successfully Overturns EGLE Wetland Permit Denial

Kuhn Rogers’ attorneys recently overturned a denial by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (MDEGLE) of a wetland permit. Significantly, the court held that the Administrative Law Judge initially deciding the matter im… Read More
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Categories: Environmental Law, News
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Has Michigan’s Wetlands Regulation Changed After the Supreme Court’s Most Recent Decision? Not Much.

After a nearly two-decades-long dispute about whether the Sackett family violated the Clean Water Act’s stringent dredge and fill provision in the process of constructing their single-family, Idaho home, the United States Supreme Court has finally… Read More
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A little girl takes care of a sorghum cereal field so that the birds do not eat it in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia

The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act – A Powerful Tool

The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”) 7 USC §499a, et seq., is a federal statute which provides certain protections for unpaid suppliers, sellers or agents relating to the purchase or sale of any perishable agricultural commodity.… Read More
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Categories: Environmental Law
Girl collecting garbage from nature

New Changes to Michigan’s Environmental Cleanup Law

In what has become an annual process over the last three years, the Michigan Legislature has, again, amended Michigan’s primary Environmental Remediation Statute, known as Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, P.A. 451… Read More
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Categories: Environmental Law