The local enviros in my area wouldn't do that.
They're more of the obstructionist/obssessive control freak bent rather than the smart use school of thought.
The draconian tax code in NY hurts my area to the point that a good economy doesn't touch my area for many years.
If you build a house, they will call wheel ruts in the mud a 'wetland' and try to put a cease and desist order on you.
Couple that with the tax code and the need for more housing, and you have a huge mess that likely won't be sorted out anytime soon.
Try to CREATE 'wetlands' on purpose?
They go bizzak over it.
Say that it isn't "natural" wetlands and try to block THAT.
(But aren't muddy wheel ruts unnatural?)
At least the enviro law is on the side of homebuilders there.
It says that if you have to fill in wetland to build, you must 'create' wetland of the same dimensions you filled in elsewhere.
Well, really, all those groups sold out (ESPECIALLY the Siesta Club) when they stopped talking about population control when it was no longer pc. The population issue is really the root of all the other problems.
Speaking of wetlands - have you seen that new show LAX? Heather Locklear is in it - her father was (is?) high up in the Marines and interviewed my brother way back when. My brother was in love with Heather and saw her photo in her dad's office. At any rate, Heather's character is always battling the enviros who demanded wetlands by the airport. I guess someplace as crowded as LA, where else can there be wetlands left though...