Where do the drainage ditches run? Do they drain into state waters? That would be a no-no up here
I do know it's definitelty different up there in Michigan. I know of a dentist that drained his pond into a ditch and got fined $11,000 for it. His ol' bitty neighbor turned him in.
Don't all waters end up in state waters at some point? My pond drains into the highway ditch that ends up in a stream called Solomon Creek, then the Elkhart River, then the St. Joe and finally Lake Michigan.