state – Coalition to Protect MI Resources

Angling, conservation organizations given to Jan. 20 to file objections to proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree

By ngreen@mucc.org | January 3, 2023

An indiscriminate gill net is not a tool that conservationists want to expand in Michigan waterways.

A coalition of conservation and angling organizations opposing a proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree has until January 20 to file formal objections with the court. The Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources (CPMR) has been recognized as an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, in past iterations of the decree. In July, CPMR filed a…