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MI HR0232
Resolution
Status
Passed
4/24/2024
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Markkanen
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AI Summary
- Urges the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Commission to designate Houghton-Douglass Falls as the Houghton-Douglass Falls Veterans Scenic Site, a unit of McLain State Park
- Houghton-Douglass Falls is Michigan's tallest waterfall at 110 feet, located in northern Houghton County and discharges into the scenic Hammell Creek gorge
- The waterfall was named after Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist, and his cousin Columbus Douglass, who conducted copper and iron ore surveys in the Upper Peninsula
- A 70-acre parcel containing the falls was acquired by the DNR in 2018 using a Natural Resources Trust Fund grant; the previous owner, a Vietnam veteran, agreed to the sale with the understanding the site would honor military service members
- The DNR dedicated the site as a Veterans Memorial Park in 2018 with the intent to preserve its natural beauty and reopen it to the public for recreation
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Commission to declare the Houghton-Douglass Falls as the Houghton-Douglass Falls Veterans Scenic Site, a unit of McLain State Park.
Last Action
Adopted
4/24/2024
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