Fisherman, 63, who shovelled illegal 200-feet wide channel into Lake Michigan

Fisherman, 63, who shovelled illegal 200-feet wide channel into Lake Michigan

By Shannon Mcguigan

Source: dailymail

2/9/2024

Credit: Platte River after Howard's illegal diversion

A Michigan man has been convicted of vandalism and tampering of a national park after he redirected a river by hand, creating a channel that became 200 feet wide.

With a shovel in tow, Andrew Howard, 63, from Frankfort, Michigan made his way to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

The fisherman was spotted digging a new path and building a self-constructed damn from large rocks into the Platte River by a National park ranger.

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