It appears you MI guys need a place to play. Land out away from the world, land which is considered non-farming, rocky, sloopy, etc. should be easily obtainable with funds. It's getting the funds together which is the real problem. May I suggest that you take a look into your state gas tax money. Here in KS, our president of the KC4WDA heard about some available funding, public funding, which came from the gas tax. The money is used towards Recreational Trail Program (RTP). This money is available for those non-profit, 501(c) entities, groups, corps, etc. Get yourselves organized, see if the state funding is available (look into public state parks to see where their funding comes from), and go about generating your own ORV.
We've established an ORV park here in KS just NW of Ft. Scott, about 1+ south of KC. It's located in a county which doesn't require permits. Over 240 acres leased for 15 years. (However, the owner now wants to sell, so it'll become ours in no time.) Website:
http://www.ksrockspark.com.
So maybe MI has such available funds. I know other states do and most go towards game land!!!