Application of the Wetlands Law is at best confusing. At worst, it is a nightmare for anyone trying to live and use "logic" to comply. As can be seen in the article, your ability to comply is based on how the Corps of Engineers elects to apply the rule, who in the Corps looks at it, when they look at it and which office looks at it. Application of the "interstate molecule" ruling is not only outrageously rediculous but can make criminals of us all. After all, my backyard has a thin layer of topsoil over clay. Except during the drought of a couple of years ago, it is wet and sloppy most of the year. It drains to the storm drain. Should I be worried about may actions in this "wetland?" The only positive part is I can tell my wife that fixing the problem (a couple of loads of topsoil) would violate environmental laws.
We need saving from the environmental zealots more than the environment needs saving from some farmer who is 64 miles from the nearest navigible water.
A bit more of the grape to the Corps of Engineers.
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