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Michigan Officials Compliment Underwater Explorers

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/HappyGLX.mp3

Steve Libert has been in court with the State of Michigan pretty steadily since the Engler administration. The disputes involved shipwrecks and who has the right to claim them on the bottom of Lake Michigan and the most recent litgation was closed last year. That’s why he was excited to be recognized by Governor Snyder in a signed tribute to his group, Great Lakes Exploration. All the lawmakers from Northern Michigan signed it too.

Libert says it's a new day and the latest gesture bodes well for the search for the oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes. The Griffon, built by the French explorer Robert de La Salle, sunk in 1679. GLX needs a state permit to excavate the bottom of Lake Michigan where the group thinks the ship is buried.