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Michigan State Waterways Commission to Meet July 18 in Mackinaw City

Contact:  Ron Olson 517-335-3035
Agency: Natural Resources


July 8, 2009

The Michigan State Waterways Commission will hold its regular meeting on Saturday, July 18, at the Mackinaw City Recreation Complex, located at 508 W. Central Ave. in Mackinaw City.

The commission's Finance Subcommittee and Operations Subcommittee will meet at 1 p.m. The regular meeting will begin at 2 p.m. with a brief introduction by the commission chair and public comment. The commission will then receive brief updates and reports on various boating projects and operations, legislative updates that affect the boating program, review a proposed boating facility, land acquisition policy, and subcommittee reports. Following the meeting will be a celebration to dedicate the new Straits State Harbor at 6 p.m.

The Michigan State Waterways Commission is an advisory group, created by Public Act 320 of 1947, to address issues concerning public boating opportunities in the State of Michigan, including the acquisition, construction and maintenance of recreational harbors, channels, docking and launching facilities, administration of commercial docks in the Straits of Mackinac, and to advise on regulations and grant funding for the Great Lakes Harbors of Refuge.

For information about this meeting, persons needing accommodations to attend this meeting, or persons wishing to provide public comment on any boating-related issue, contact the DNR Parks and Recreation Division at (517) 335-3035 (TTY/TDD 711 Michigan Relay Center for the hearing impaired), or visit the MSWC Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr, and click on Commissions, Boards and Committees.

The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state's natural resources
for current and future generations.

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