Posted on 04/26/2018 9:00:10 AM PDT by horsappl
And a spotted owl nest, too...
Decaying vegetation creates phosphates which are dissolved and carried into surface water during snow melt. Buffers are supposed to trap particulate phosphate (fertilizer, which is attached to soil) during rainfall. The phosphate loading in the river systems are dissolved phosphates, created by decaying vegetation. Buffer strips will create more decaying vegetation unless they are hayed.
tried to fight similar laws here in Maryland for non-tidal wetlands of special state concern... it is horrendous for land owners... “ we do not take your property, and it does not devalue, since we assess it for you...”
if they can charge you for being out of compliance, charge them for being compliant.
good luck.
Interesting - just like CO2 I guess? Plant trees to capture the CO2, but when the tree dies that CO2 gets released eventually. (Except the berm vegetation is every year).
Thanks for the explanation. Farmers (and ranchers and timber growers, etc.) are the best environmentalists!
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