If you ever find yourself wandering Michigan’s coastline and wondering if you could take some driftwood home to spice up your landscaping or DIY project, you’ll want to make sure you know where you are before leaving the beach. Driftwood would seem like fair game, right? But the rules surrounding collecting it are anything but simple.
Full disclosure: I’m the son of a high school shop teacher who collected driftwood and transformed it into furniture. I’m not unfamiliar with the prospect of lugging driftwood or lobster traps home from vacations to turn them into lamps and coffee tables. Here’s what you need to know before you load up your car with a piece of Pure Michigan driftwood, with some help from DB Texas Driftwood Artists.
Driftwood Collection on Michigan Public Land and Beaches
A piece of driftwood transformed into a lamp is pictured overlaid with an image driftwood on the shores of Lake Michigan.
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