By April 1, 1972, the department shall make or cause to be made an environmental study of the shoreland to determine all of the following:
  (a) The environmental areas.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.32304

  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Shoreland: means the land, water, and land beneath the water that is in close proximity to the shoreline of a Great Lake or a connecting waterway. See Michigan Laws 324.32301
  (b) The areas of marshes along and adjacent to the shorelands.
  (c) The marshes and fish and wildlife habitat areas that should be protected by shoreland zoning or regulation.