Opinion No. Oag 21-89, (1989)

CARROLL D. BESADNY, Secretary Department of Natural Resources

You have asked whether section 30.03 (4)(a), Stats., which authorizes the Department of Natural Resources (hereafter the department) to abate infringements of public rights in navigable waters, has any applicability to lakebed areas which have been legislatively granted to municipalities. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, I conclude that the department has authority to use section 30.03 (4)(a) to investigate and, if necessary, seek abatement of infringements of public rights in navigable waters in lakebed grant areas, but…