I have the Michigan legal answer since I am a graduate of the LAKE & STREAM LEADER INSTITUTE: In Michigan anything over 5 acres is considered a lake and 9ft deep, it is considered a water of the state. That means you have to follow the DEQ rules and pay for permits to treat, etc. If you have an outflow to another BOW it makes it worse. We had to have 2 permits and 2 licenses to do our fish kill. However, since we are not a natural body of water we have no legal Riparian rights like those on "real" lakes. We do fall under the Inland Lake Act or something to that effect. It is all so complicated.

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