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12 acres of Wolverine tannery sludge buried under golf course

A small marker in the ground indicates land restrictions at driving range at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Plainfield Township, pictured October 17, 2017. Underneath the driving range is 12 acres of Wolverine World Wide tannery sludge waste dumped at the Northeast Gravel pit landfill in the 1970s. The gravel mine was redeveloped into a golf course in the late 1990s. (Garret Ellison | MLive.com)

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — Almost no sign remains that the driving range at Boulder Creek Golf Club sits atop acres of toxic waste.

Almost.

By the shed where golfers fill buckets of yellow balls is a small stone marker partially overgrown by grass, which instructs anyone digging in the area to contact the property owner first and see a Kent County deed restriction file.

The marker says nothing about the 12 acres of Wolverine World Wide tannery waste buried four feet under range sand and topsoil.

Read the full story by Garett Ellison here.

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