Westervelt v. Natural Resources Commission

In 1972, after a series of hearings, the Department of Natural Resources promulgated a set of rules designed to regulate watercraft and liveries on the Au Sable, Manistee, Pine and Pere Marquette Rivers. The rules divided portions of the rivers into sections and designated the uses to which these sections of the rivers may be put. On certain sections of the rivers the rules prohibited the use of any type of watercraft, while on other sections nonmotor watercraft or motor watercraft operating at slow, nonwake speeds were the only types of watercraft that were permitted to be operated. The…