The next step is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which plans to hold public hearings this winter in Leelanau and Charlevoix counties. In the meantime, environmental, recreation, and conservation organizations, as well as the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, are aggressively opposed to the swap as it is currently proposed. They argue that, although some aspects of the deal appear beneficial, there are still too many other parts of the deal that diminish the public interest. There is no other deer hunting that is like it. You're in a wilderness situation.
Nobody can drive up in a pickup truck.
It's your hunting camp. Mr. Johnson perceives he has a problem, which he essentially created himself. We just can't see that the public should give up such big chunks of land plus 1.2 miles of beach to solve his problem. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must give its approval before the state can go ahead with its plan to swap South Fox Island land holdings with developer David Johnson. Snelling, MN 55111.