Kohler golf course in legal limbo after human remains found, environmental impact concerns raised
Published on July 7, 2023 – The Daily Reporter
Kohler Co.‘s plans to build its sixth golf course have run into a number of legal challenges after human remains were recovered from seven locations during a 2018 field investigation, according to a letter and report obtained by The Daily Reporter. The latest legal matter is only days/weeks away from a Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision.
Kohler’s plans to “take out all the defining characteristics of this part of the Lake Michigan’s coastal landscape,” including prime acres of a state park, have resulted in costly litigation, said Mary Faydash, a member of the grassroots organization Friends of Black River Forest, which is suing to stop the golf course project.
Litigation
Plans to advance the new golf course have been no stranger to litigation over a wide range of issues, the most recent of which have nothing to do with the Native American remains found.
As previously reported, in 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in favor of Kohler Co. that the city of Sheboygan properly annexed land for a golf course back in 2017.
Kohler officials have an opportunity before them to do what’s right for the people of Wisconsin, Native America and the environment, said Attorney Shannon O’Loughlin during an interview with The Daily Reporter on Thursday.