Lawmakers rushed to respond late in last year’s legislative session when a landowner along the Flint River successfully argued in court that he has control over who can cast a line in the popular fishing spot.
That late-session measure prompted an outcry from some landowners and representatives of the state’s prized agriculture industry, who worried the new law designed to enshrine the public’s right to fishing would make operations that withdraw water from rivers vulnerable to lawsuits.
Now, after spending last fall studying the quandary, lawmakers are back considering a potential follow-up bill meant to allay those concerns. Industry groups say they support the new measure, but is the proposed fix creating new problems?
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