Where can the public walk along Lake Michigan? That’s the question at hand for the recent municipal court trial in Shorewood where a man was accused of trespassing after taking a route north of Atwater Beach. He’s contesting the $313 fine out of principle. Melissa Scanlan, professor and director of the Center for Water Policy, said there hasn’t been a Wisconsin court case or administrative rule relating to walking up below the high water mark on Great Lakes shorelines.
Scanlan was cited in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WUWM articles, concerning the fine.