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[tsubaki]

The wetlands hysteria is amazing, what it all boils down to is MONEY!!
Here wetlands were encroached upon by the state and federal government, in defense they created more wetlands (I believe a multiple of per acre). One location lost a 60 year old lake of approximately one square mile to recreate a wetland in that location, in the other location, an island was reduced to below sea level in order to make up for marshland.
No further consideration after that, I guess the lake and island were not considered important enough to be preserved, compared to the wetlands.
At one time it was to be considered a "wetland" if water stood for more than 3 months. With that definition 1/2 of the population of Georgia would have to move, it has since been redefined.

[cterrebonne]

yeah the way the govt does things is ridiculous at times. down here it just comes down to that there isnt any sediment being deposited back into the marsh. what is funny is that in the atchafalaya basin they did not try to controll water flow from their rivers much. they just let it do its thing and they actually have a problem with too much sediment build up. this is only about 50 miles away by road at the most. you do not need a million dollar study to see that sediment deposit is the answer.