West McDonald Lake Ass'n v. Minn. Dep't of Nat. Res.

ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20080
No(s). A16-1469 (Minn. Ct. App. Jun 19, 2017)

A Minnesota appeals court held that the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) erred by not obtaining a federal permit for a construction project that affected a lake's water level. Hoffman Lake and West McDonald Lake are separated by a strip of land less than 10 feet wide. In 2015, a Hoff...