As John noted, probably not a bad thing. Several of the lights are already under the good care of someone. For example, Big Sable has an excellent Big Sable Lighthouse Keepers organization. Grand Traverse is an excellent museum and has (or had) a live in keeper. Little Sable is on Michigan park land. Pointe Aux Barques is a county park. Fort Niagra is a part of a park. There are others, I am sure, that are in good hands. A transfer of the property to another government agency or non-profit would allow for any needed work to potentially be done.

As it is now, some of the groups have leases from the CG to use the facility, but don't want to invest a bunch of money because they don't own the property. Once they own the property they may be better able to do the work. If anything, the CG would maintain control of the actual lens/light.

Some of the properties need to be transferred and put to use soon. One example is Point Betsie. The CG used the light as a housing unit for a CG family until just a few years ago when, as I recall, the boiler bit the dust. They didn't want to invest the bucks to fix it, so they closed it up. Now unoccupied it will be ripe picking for vandals and the environment itself. Get it into the hands of a group to maintain it and it can probably be rehabed for us to enjoy for years.

Dave