Hiking in Michigan This Spring? Watch Out for Purple Paint!

Hiking through our beautiful Michigan woods is always a fun thing to do. Whether by yourself or with family, it is such a stress reliever. That is unless you see purple paint!

What is going on here?

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There is a law in 22 different states that says in essence if you see Purple Paint, Stay Away, Keep Out, Keep Off, No Trespassing. When I heard about a law that I seriously had never heard of I wanted to dig deeper.

For private property wind, rain, the elements, people stealing signs and the like made it a bit of a chore to make sure No Trespassing signs stayed up. If you've got a big ole piece of land and you don't do regular maintenance on it, a sign could come down and someone could wander onto your property.

Without proper marking or posting, you might have hunters or anyone on your land doing things you don't want them to do. Right?

So a lot of folks use PURPLE PAINT. You could spray it on a tree, several trees, fence posts, what have you. Wind won't blow it down and it's a legit, a different colored marking that will stand out.

I know Indiana and Illinois have a Purple Paint Law, but what about here is Michigan? NOPE, NOT HERE! Why?

The website World Population Review says we have to go back to 2005. The bill was passed by the Senate, but it never made it through the House of Representatives.
The sticking points were objections to THE COLOR PURPLE!

The DNR was against it because the as the Cadillac News reported:

• An inability to see paint on trees in low light situations

• The fact that some people have certain variations of color blindness and aren’t able to see the color purple

• The potential for improper markings of property lines with paint that cannot be easily removed in the way an improperly placed signed could be

• The general belief that private property signs are the known standard for marking property and are easily recognizable to the general public.

Just remember if you're out and do see purple paint, turn around, just to be safe!