A sign alongside a Michigan road denouncing the Department of Natural Resources.

A sign alongside a Michigan road denouncing the Department of Natural Resources. I don't remember the details of the story, but the outline is something like this: The owner of the land you see behind this sign was a wetland. The owner started a development project on the land to fill in the swamp and make a trailer park or something. At the time, he either didn't know he owned a protected wetland or didn't care or the land wasn't actually designated as a wetland at the time he started his project. Whatever the case, the DNR stopped him and he was very not happy. I believe he was/is legally obligated to restore the land to its previous condition, or to make a good faith effort to do so, so what he's doing is every couple of months he comes out and moves some dirt around. Otherwise, the land just sits there, looking pretty ugly and telling all passersby that DNR stands for “Damn Near Russia.” I find this endlessly entertaining. I bet this landowner was thrilled with Kelo v. New London (the recent Supreme Court decision that said the government can take private land to give to private developers for purposes of “economic development”)!

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