Gator farm coming to Traverse City area?

We've always known there are a few strange businesses in Northwest Michigan, but the Detroit Free Press and columnist Eric Sharp did their best to convince folks that a really, really odd entrepreneurial idea was getting the green light in a recent April Fool's article.
 
Excerpt: Saying that the unusually warm winter was only a hint of future climate change, the Obama administration has given Michigan $136 million for pilot programs to establish an alligator ranch on the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay and a banana plantation on the Leelanau Peninsula.
 
The alligator ranch began last fall but was kept secret until residents along the shoreline of Grand Traverse Bay launched their boats in March and began noticing big "logs" that disappeared under the surface whenever they were approached.
 
Read the rest of the article here.
 
Source: Kansas City Star