🤝 CFA Open Timberland — Cooper, Kalamazoo County

Private Land — Open Access📍 MI

Cost of access

Free — public hunting & fishing on foot (state license required)

100 acres of private Commercial Forest Act timberland across 3 enrolled parcels. Owners receive a property-tax reduction; in exchange the land is open to the public for hunting and fishing on foot — no vehicles, no camping, no permission needed. Exact parcel boundaries: MI DNR CFA viewer.

🎣 Fishing🥾 Hiking🦌 Hunting

Amenities: Not documented — check the official site.

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Fees and rules change — always confirm with the managing agency. Public land ≠ unlimited harvest: state licenses apply for hunting/fishing, and foraging rules vary by unit.

📋 Standard rules — Private Land — Open Accesss

The publicly posted baseline for this land type. Individual units add their own rules — the official page ↗ always controls.

Private land in a public-access program: foot traffic only unless posted otherwise
Stay out of fields with standing crops and away from buildings and livestock
The enrollment can end any year — always check current-year program maps

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