FRIENDS OF CRYSTAL RIVER v. KURAS PROP.

Docket No. 177038.

554 N.W.2d 328 (1996)

218 Mich. App. 457

FRIENDS OF CRYSTAL RIVER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KURAS PROPERTIES, Robert A. Kuras, Continental Equities, Inc., Department of Natural Resources, and Director of the Department of Natural Resources, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 23, 1996, at 9:45 a.m.

Released for Publication October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olson & Noonan, P.C. by James M. Olson and John D. Noonan, Traverse City, for Friends of Crystal River.

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett by Nyal D. Deems and Matthew D. Zimmerman, Grand Rapids, for Kuras Properties, Robert A. Kuras, and Continental Equities, Inc.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Stephen M. Rideout, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Natural Resources and Director of Department of Natural Resources.

Before DOCTOROFF, C.J., and WAHLS and SMOLENSKI, JJ.


DOCTOROFF, Chief Judge.

This case involves a golf course proposed by Robert A. Kuras, the owner of the Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor Township. Kuras seeks to develop an eighteen-hole golf course on property contiguous to the resort. The area proposed for the development includes wetlands and portions of land along the Crystal River. Plaintiff, Friends of Crystal River (FOCR), opposes the issuance of a proposed construction...

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