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Do these easements give private landowners legal access to their lands adjacent to State Forest Roads?

April 26, 2017adjacent easements landowners lands Legal private Roads state forest

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Do these easements give private landowners legal access to their lands adjacent to State Forest Roads?

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No. Because DNR is not a public road authority, the DNR’s road system, while allowing physical access to private lands, at the DNR’s discretion, does not afford legal access. To obtain legal access, private landowners would have to get an easement from their property to a public road or petition a public road authority to take over the State Forest Road adjacent to their land.