Legislative Agenda  2026

1. Lobby for legislation that would provide an opportunity for Michigan residents and watercraft owners to voluntarily contribute to the effort to stop the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species.
2. Lobby the state executive and legislative branches to provide enhanced funding levels to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, particularly in the areas of aquatic invasive species management.
3. Lobby for a revision of Michigan Waterways Commission policy of continued expansion of public boat launch facilities which exponentially increases the risk for the introduction of new aquatic invasive plants and animals and overcrowding of inland lakes leading to the risk of exceeding their carrying capacities
4. Lobby for the passage of a state wide septic code especially within 500 feet of any lake or stream.
5. Lobby against legislation that would overrule local governments ability to permit gravel mines.
6. Lobby for Legislation that would limit wake boat operations to certain distances of inland lake shorelines and depths so as to prevent excessive shore wave erosion and lake bottom disruption. 
7. Lobby for legislation changes to control/enforce boat noise on inland lakes.
8. Encourage DNR and Fisheries Department to factor the economic and recreational value added to Michigan’s residents by lake level control dams or legal lake levels into their dam worthiness assessments.