Lake & water rights, access, shorelines and lake bottoms

Here’s an excellent primer to understanding some basics on Michigan water rights and use:

• https://www.annlake.org/riparian-resources/riparian-inland-ownership-legal-facts/ was interesting on this note: While members of the public can swim, fish, water ski, and boat over the entire surface of an inland lake (and even temporarily anchor on another’s bottomlands as an incident of navigability) without the consent of any bottomlands owner, members of the public cannot permanently moor, trespass, or wade on the bottomlands of another without permission.
• Relate sites:
  • https://www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlakes/take_action/lake_groups
  • https://www.hoamanagement.com/hoa-state-laws/michigan/  This give insights at to HOA standards of operation, options, limitations, procedures, etc.